THE GOVERNANCE, ACCOUNTICT AND
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
WILL COME TO ORDER. THIS IS THE
LAST COMMITTEE BEFORE WE HEAD TO
THE AUGUST RECESS. WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? I
WANT TO MENTION THAT
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA IS EXCUSED.
WILL THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON?
>> HERE COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> PRESENT.
>> CHAIR NELSON?
>> PRESENT.
>> FOUR PRESENT.
>> ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S NO
OBJECTION, THE AGENDA WILL BE
ADOPTED. HEARING NO OBJECTION,
THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. NOW WE
WILL GO INTO OUR PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD. WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD
AND READ THE INSTRUCTIONS OR
FIRST TELL ME HOW MANY PEOPLE
ARE SIGNED UP.
>> CHAIR WE HAVE FIVE IN PERSON
AND TWO REMOTE PUBLIC
COMMENTERS.
>> ALL RIGHT. LET'S START WITH
THE IN PERSON AND EVERYONE CAN
HAVE 2 MINUTES.
>> I'LL CALL ON SPEAKERS IN THE
ORDER THEY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK,
STARTING WITH IN PERSON
COMMENTERS. SPEAKERS ARE ALLOWED
2 MINUTES. WHEN YOU HEAR THE
CHIME, YOU WILL HAVE 10 SECONDS
LEFT. IF YOU EXCEED THE TIME,
YOUR MICROPHONE MAY BE CUT OFF
SO WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT
SPEAKER. FIRST WE WILL HAVE
BOBBY NICKEL, PLEASE COME UP.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON,
COUNCILMEMBERS. ON BEHALF OF
VISIT SEATTLE, I WANT TO TAKE A
MOMENT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO IS
WORKING ON THE CRIME AND
VIOLENCE AUDIT YOU ARE
DISCUSSING AND FOR YOUR APPROACH
TO PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE CITY.
THE VISITOR EXPERIENCE BENEFITS
FROM IT. THE HOUSING COVERED BY
VISITOR TAXES IS CRITICAL TO
DEVELOP LOPGTERM SOLUTIONS. THIS
IS APECOSYSTEM AND THE WORK YOU
ARE DOING SHOWS ACCOUNTABILITY
AND FOLLOW THROUGH TO THE WHOLE
SDMUVENLT WE APPRECIATE YOUR
THOUGHTFULNESS AROUND
INITIATIVES LIKE THE DOWNTOWN
ACTIVATION TEAM WHICH WE SEE
REGULARLY AT WORK ON THIRD
AVENUE AND AROUND THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF PLAY BASED
STRATEGIES LIKE LITTLE SAIGON,
ONE OF MANY VIBRANT
NEIGHBORHOODS IN SEATTLE WHERE
WE ARE WORKING TO SEND MORE
VISITORS. WE CAN'T DO IT
WITHOUT YOUR HELP. WE WELCOME
COUNCIL'S CONTINUED FOCUS ON
IMPLEMENTING THE AUDIT
RECOMMENDATIONS, ADDRESSING
AREAS WHERE PROPERTY CRIME IS
CONCENTRATED AND EXPANDING
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH RESPONSE
MODELS TO ENSURE SEATTLE REMAINS
SAFE AND WELCOMING FOR VISITORS
AND RESIDENTS ALIKE. WE WANT TO
NOTE SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSAL OF
THE WEST SEATTLE JUNCTION
ASSOCIATION PRESENTED TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT WE WILL HAVE
JENNIFER LEMASTER. FOLLOWING
THAT WE WILL HAVE DEREK FORER.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU FOR
THE OPPORTUNITY. I REPRESENT THE
SEATTLE CONVENTION CENTER. I
WANT TO THANK THE CITY AND
COUNCIL FOR CONTINUED COMMITMENT
TO CRIME AND SAFETY DOWNTOWN.
HOWEVER I WANT TO BRING TO THE
ATTENTION OF THE COUNCIL TWO
CRIMINAL INCIDENTS THAT WE ARE
DEALT WITH THIS PAST WEEK. AND
IF YOU WOULD ALLOW ME WITH MY
TIME, I'M GOING TO READ TO YOU
FROM MY SECURITY OFFICER'S
REPORT. ON AUGUST 11th, 2025, AT
11:40 A.M. TRANSIENTS WERE
HANGING AROUND LOITERING,
GETTING READY TO SMOKE DRUGS ON
HUBBLE STEP AND I APPROACHED
THEM TO LET THEM KNOW THEY
NEEDED TO VACATE THE PROPERTY T.
THEY STARTED TO PACK UP AND THEN
STARTED ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT
THE PROPERTY BOUNDARIES. AFTER I
EXPLAINED THE RULES TO THEM,
THEY STARTED TO LEAVE BUT NOT
BEFORE ONE OF THE GUYS IN THE
GROUP STARTED YELLING FOUL
LANGUAGE AT ME AND THEN SHOWED
KNIVES ON THE WAIST BAND. I
WAITED A FEW SECONDS AND ONE OF
THE MEN STARTED DIGGING INTO HIS
BACKPACK AND PULLED OUT WHAT
APPEARED TO BE A GUN IN A
HOLSTER. I PROCEEDED TO CALL 911
FOR ASSISTANCE. 911 NEVER
ARRIVED. WE APPRECIATE THE WORK
THAT HAS BEEN DONE BUT WE WANT T
TO CONTINUE TO ENFORCE THAT OUR
ENVIRONMENT IS FRAGILE AND OUR
CONVENTION CAMPUS IS CRITICAL TO
THE OVERALL SUCCESS OF THE CITY
AND THE SERVICES WE ARE ABLE TO
PROVIDE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT WE WILL HAVE
DEREK, FOLLOWING THAT WE WILL
HAVE ALEX ZIMMERMANN. COME ON
DOWN.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. FIRST OFF,
LET ME SAY THANK YOU FOR HAVING
US AND A DISCUSSION ON THIS.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC
SAFETY AND SECURITY FOR SEATTLE
CONVENTION CENTER. I HAVE 15
YEARS SECURITY EXPERIENCE, I AM
A CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL AND I
HAVE DONE RETAIL CRIME
INVESTIGATION AND PUBLIC SAFETY.
I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU
THE DAILY EXPERIENCES OUR STAFF
CONTINUE TO HAVE AROUND OUR
CENTER. WE HAVE A LARGE TRACTION
FOR TOURISTS AND EVENTS. OUR
TEAM IS CONSISTENTLY APPROACHING
INDIVIDUALS AROUND OUR BUILDING,
ON THE EXTERIOR, CONSISTING OF
DOING DRUGS OR SUFFERING FROM
MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. WE DO MAKE
PHONE CALLS TO HAVE THEM
ADDRESSED AND TYPICAL RESPONSE
IS NOBODY SHOWS UP AND OUR TEAM
IS THE ONE MITIGATING AND
DE-ESCALATING THE SITUATIONS
INSTEAD. OUR OFFICERS HAVE BEEN
PLACED IN DANGER FROM ASSAULTS
TO WEAPONS BEING PULLED ON THEM,
SIMPLY FOR ASKING PEOPLE TO WAKE
UP AND NOT BLOCK OUR FIRE EXITS
AND SUCH. AND SOMETIMES LAW
ENFORCEMENT FEELS RELUGITANT TO
BE ABLE TO ACT BASED ON THEIR
POLICIES AND RULES AND
ENFORCEMENT. SO AS WE CONTINUE
TO WORK THROUGH ISSUES, AND I
KNOW THAT THE CITY IS TRYING TO
MAKE EFFORTS TOWARDS THEM, A LOT
OF THE FOCUS IS FURTHER DOWN ON
THIRD. AND WE DO NEED SOME
FURTHER ATTENTION UP IN OUR
CAMPUSES AS WELL. THAT'S ALL I
WANTED TO SHARE TODAY. THANK YOU
FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT WE WILL HAVE
ALEX ZIMMERMANN AND THE LAST IN
PUBLIC COMMENTER WILL BE CHAD.
>> THANK YOU. HI. MY NAME ALEX
ZIMMERMANN AND I WANT TO SPEAK
ABOUT AGENDA NUMBER ONE, ABOUT
CRIME. YEAH, I'M A CRIMINAL 72
TIMES, PROBABLY A PROFESSIONAL
CRIMINAL BUT PROBLEM IS WHAT I
COME AND TALK TO YOU RIGHT NOW
IS ONE PROBLEM THAT I SEE. YOU
GUYS, YOU CRIMINAL FOR MANY
YEARS, YOU AID TRESPASS BUT IT
IS NOT LEGAL. WE ARE LATE. U.S.
SUPREME COURT DECISION TOTALLY
-- FOR 1500 DAYS. BECAUSE YOU
ACTED LIKE A CRIMINAL. THAT'S
EXACTLY WHO YOU ARE. IN ANOTHER
POINT WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY, SO
YOU ARE REAL CRIMINAL. YOU MOVE
FOR EXAMPLE IF THIS HAPPENED,
YOU SO REMOVED FROM DISTRICT
FIVE, GO OUT VERY NICE
PROFESSIONAL, A JUDGE VERY
INTELLECTUAL. YOU REPLACE WITH
SOMEONE WHO IS A PURE CRIMINAL,
YOU KNOW WHAT HIS NAME? IT IS
EXACTLY WHAT HAS HAPPENED. THEY
NOT ONLY CRIMINAL, SHE MENTALLY
SICK. SHE CANNOT BE HERE. THE
DEFINITION BY LAW. SITUATION
VERY SIMPLE RIGHT NOW. WHO ARE
YOU? WHEN YOU ARE CRIMINAL FOR
MANY YEARS, ACTING LIKE A BAN
DITA, SHOPLIFT -- LET ME --
FELONY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT DOES
THIS MEAN. SO HOW YOU CAN TALK
TO PEOPLE WHO CRIME GO UP. THEY
ARE DOING EXACTLY WHAT YOU TOLD
THEM TO. BUT THEY SEE FROM YOU
CRIME ALWAYS COME WHEN
GOVERNMENT TOTALLY CRIMINAL. AND
YOU ARE A CRIMINAL. YOU
PROFESSIONAL CRIMINAL. YOU
SUPPOSED TO BE IN JAIL. VIVA
AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
>> ALL RIGHT. THE LAST IN PERSON
PUBLIC COMMENTER WILL BE CHAD
LABY. MY APOLOGIES IF I
MISPRONOUNCE YOUR NAME.
>> POINT OF ORDER, MR.
ZIMMERMANN CONTINUES TO ATTACK,
RACIALLY CHARGED COMMENTS
TOWARDS OUR DISTRICT 5
COUNCILMEMBERS. I WANTED TO SAY
THAT FOR THE RECORD.
>> THAT IS CONSIDERED ABUSIVE
LANGUAGE AND THAT DOES VIOLATE
-- JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION,
MR. ZIMMERMANN, COUNCIL RULE
11D.1, ABUSIVE LANGUAGE. GO
AHEAD.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS
CHAD ALBY. I WORK FWR THE
SEATTLE CONVENTION CENTER, ONE
OF THE FRONT LINE SECURITY
GUARDS. EVERY DAY WE DEAL WITH
THE HOMELESSNESS AND THE MENTAL
HEALTH DOWN AT THE CONVENTION
CENTER. WE HAVE I THINK FROM
THIRD AVENUE GOING UP TO THE
CONVENTION CENTER IS JUST MORE
OF AN EXTENSION. I KNOW THE
TARGET IS THIRD AVENUE BUT IT
CARRIES UP TO THE CONVENTION
CENTER. IT IS TIED TO THE
CONVENTION CENTER. WE HAVE
TOURISTS, WE HAVE CRUISESHIP
PEOPLE THAT ARE VISITING
SEATTLE. OUR OWN PERSONAL
CONVENTIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING.
WE HAVE THE DOUBLE DECKER TOURS
THAT GO DOWN BY THE CONVENTION
SENATOR. WE HAVE A PHYSICAL BUS
THAT TRANSPORTS FROM SEATTLE TO
VANCOUVER WASHINGTON. WE HAVE
MANY, MANY VISITORS FROM OTHER
PLACES THAT ARE HERE AT SEATTLE
AND THE CONVENTION CENTER. WITH
US DEALING WITH THE MENTAL
HEALTH AND HOMELESSNESS, WHEN WE
FEEL WE HAVE EMERGENCIES THAT WE
NEED TO CALL 911, WE FEEL THAT
WE DON'T HAVE THAT BACKING OR
HAVE THAT HELP. BECAUSE WE FEEL
IT IS AN EMERGENCY. SO WE CALL
AND WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THAT
BACKING FROM THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT, WE FEEL JUST, WHAT T
ARE WE DOING? WHAT'S GOING ON
HERE? SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS
THAT MYSELF, THE TEAM DEAL WITH
EVERY DAY. I WORK AN EIGHT HOUR
SHIFT AND 90% OF THAT IS DEALING
WITH HOMELESSNESS AND MENTAL
HEALTH. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO
SAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU, THAT CONCLUDES IN
PERSON PUBLIC COMMENTERS. BOTH
REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENTERS ARE NOT
PRESENT.
>> LET'S SEE. WHEN WAS THE LAST
TIME -- DID THEY EVER LOG IN AS
PRESENT? OKAY. WITHOUT THOSE
COMMENTERS PRESENT, WE WILL GO
AHEAD AND SAY WE HAVE REACHED
THE END OF OUR LIST OF SPEAKERS
THAT ARE ACTUALLY PRESENT SO
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW
CLOSED. BEFORE GOING ON, I WANT
TO RESPOND A BIT TO THE PUBLIC
COMMENT. BECAUSE I HEAR YOU AND
IT IS, ONE CAN SAY WE HAVE
REVERSED THE TREND OF LOSING
MORE OFFICERS THAN WE CAN HIRE,
THAT IS A POSITIVE RESULT BUT IT
IS STILL A FACT THAT OFFICERS
ARE RESPONDING TO BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH ISSUES THAT THEY ARE NOT
WELLE QUIPPED TO DEAL WITH. I
RECOGNIZED THAT PERSONALLY.
THAT'S WHY I HAVE BEEN FOCUSED
ON EXPANDING TREATMENT FOR
ADDICTION AND THE DRUG CRISIS IN
GENERAL. BUT I HEAR THE COMMENTS
BEING MADE THAT MORE NEEDS TO BE
DONE WHEN IT COMES TO SUPPORTING
OUR FRONT LINE WORKERS ALL OVER
TOWN BUT ALSO AT THE CONVENTION
CENTER BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE
COME THROUGH THERE. THAT'S THE
WINDOW. THE FIRST GLIMPSE THAT A
LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE OF SEATTLE,
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SEEING
THERE ARE NOT ANY OTHER PUBLIC
COMMENTERS, WE CLOSE THE
COMMENT. WOULD YOU READ ITEM ONE
INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE, GUN
VIOLENCE OVERDOSE AND CRIME AND
ORGANIZED RETAIL CRIME AUDIT
RECOMMENDATIONS FOLLOW UP FOR
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> OKAY. OUR PRESENT TERES CAN
COME UP TO THE TABLE. FIRST WHAT
WE ARE GOING TO DO IS HAVE THE
-- I WILL INTRODUCE WHAT IS
HAPPENING HERE. WHAT'S GOING ON
IS THIS IS A FOLLOW UP TO THE
AUDITOR'S PRESENTATION IN THE
JULY 10th MEETING WHEN THEY WENT
OVER ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS
OF PREVIOUS -- THEY DIDN'T GO
THROUGH THE INDIVIDUAL
RECOMMENDATIONS BUT THEY DID
PRESENT THE HIGH LEVEL VIEW OF
THE AUDITS THAT HAVE BEEN
CONDUCTED AND THE NUMBER OF
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN
IMPLEMENTED AND NOT IMPLEMENTED.
TODAY WE WILL DRILL DOWN INTO
THREE OF THOSE AUDITS THAT ARE
PUBLIC SAFETY RELATED. BEFORE
GOING FORWARD, I WILL SAY THAT,
OBVIOUSLY, PUBLIC SAFETY IS THE
CORE DUTY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
BACKING UP, I WILL SAY THAT
COUNCIL PASSES THE LAWS
INCLUDING THE BUDGET AND THE
EXECUTIVE IS SUPPOSED TO
IMPLEMENT. THEN IT IS ALSO
COUNCIL'S JOB TO AS THE
OVERSIGHT BODY TO MAKE SURE THAT
THE MONEY THAT WE ALLOCATE IS
BEING WELL SPENT AND THAT THE
PROGRAMS WE ARE FUNDING ARE
PRODUCING THE INTENDED RESULTS.
IT'S THE AUDITOR THAT IS OUR
PARTNER IN THAT WORK BECAUSE
THEY ARE THE LEGISLATIVE
BRANCH'S ACCOUNTABILITY PART
NER. SO THEY PRODUCE THESE
AUDITS THAT NOT ONLY LOOK AT
WHAT'S NOT HAPPENING, THEY ALSO
SUGGEST THINGS THAT SHOULD
HAPPEN. THESE AUDIT REPORTS
OFFER A ROAD MAP TO IMPROVING
CITY GOVERNMENT. SO I'M REALLY
PROUD TO HAVE YOU -- I'M
GRATEFUL TO HAVE YOU HERE TODAY.
SO WE WILL BE GOING INTO THREE
OF THOSE AUDITS THAT YOU
PRODUCED RECENTLY. TWO OF THEM
WERE PRESENTED IN MY COMMITTEE.
MOST RECENTLY THE ONE ON GUN
VIOLENCE FOR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
WHAT THE CITY SHOULD BE DOING TO
REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE. THAT IS
PARTICULARLY TIMELY. I HAVE TO
NOTE THE GOOD NEWS, COMPARED TO
LAST YEAR, WE HAVE HAD 26
HOMICIDES COMPARED TO 36 OF LAST
YEAR. HOWEVER, THAT'S 26 TOO
MANY. SO ONE OF THE AUDITS WE
WILL BE LOOKING AT IS LOOKING
INTO THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE
RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE BEGUN TO BE
IMPLEMENTED. THE OTHER TWO
AUDITS THAT WE WILL BE LOOKING
AT, ONE IS THE AUDIT THAT WAS
PRODUCED IN 2024 AND PRESENTED
IN THE COMMITTEE THAT LOOKS AT
THE CONCENTRATION OF OVER LAPS
OF CRIMES AND OVERDOSES. I THINK
THAT CAN TAKE CREDIT FOR
INTRODUCING A NEW PHRASE INTO
OUR LEXICON WHICH IS PLACE BASED
POLICING. THE OTHER AUDIT IS ONE
ON TACKLING ORGANIZED RETAIL
CRIME. SO THAT WAS PRODUCED IN
2023. SO REALLY LOOKING FORWARD
TO THIS DISCUSSION TODAY. WHY
DON'T YOU ALL INTRODUCE
YOURSELVES AND THEN YOU CAN
PROCEED WITH YOUR PRESENTATION.
THEN WE WILL HAVE SOME
COUNCILMEMBER QUESTIONS BEFORE
PROCEEDING TO THE EXECUTIVE'S
PRESENTATION.
>> DAVID JONES, CITY ODD
OUGHTTER.
>> CLAUDIA GROSS SHADER.
>> ANDREW MYERBERG FROM THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE.
>> SARAH SMITH.
>> SHON BARNES, CHIEF OF POLICE.
>> HERALD SCOGGINS, FIRE CHIEF.
>> TONYA KIM, DIRECTOR OF THE
SEATTLE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT.
>> ANIX N KORMAN, HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT.
>> LEANDA CRAFT, MAYOR'S
OFFICE.
>> EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CRIME AND
CRIME REEDUCTION.
>> SEATTLE POLICE OFFICER,
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
>> THANK YOU, WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
NELSON AND THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBERS. FOR MEMBERS OF
THE PUBLIC, YOU CAN FIND ALL OF
OUR AUDIT REPORTS AT SEATTLE
BYTE GOV/CITY AUDITOR/REPORTS. I
WILL BRIEFLY RECAP OUR AUDIT
PROCESS AND ALL OF THE
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE PENDING
ARE LISTED AT THE END OF THE
SLIDE SHOW THAT I BELIEVE
TAMINIS PULLING UP. AS WITH ALL
OF OUR AUDITS, WE FOLLOWED THE
U.S. GOVERNMENT AUDITING
STANDARDS SO THAT YOU CAN BE
ASSURED OF THE QUALITY AND
INDEPENDENCE OF OUR WORK. AS
PART OF OUR STANDARD PROTOCOL,
WE INCORPORATE FEEDBACK ON OUR
DRAFT REPORTS FROM THE INVOLVED
CITY DEPARTMENTS AND STAKE
HOLDER ORGANIZATIONS. AND I WILL
SAY THAT SOMETIMES IT CAN BE A
LONG PROCESS BUT THERE ARE NEVER
ANY SURPRISES FOR THE EXECUTIVE
IN OUR FINAL REPORTS. FOR ALL
THREE OF THE AUDITS, THE
EXECUTIVE CONCURRED WITH ALL OF
OUR RECOMMENDATIONS. THAT SAID,
WE KNOW THAT OUR WORK, OUR AUDIT
FINDINGS, OUR RECOMMENDATIONS
AND OUR FOLLOW UP ON THOSE
RECOMMENDATIONS CAN BE
CHALLENGING FOR THE EXECUTIVE.
SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE
EXECUTIVES COLLABORATION ON
THESE THREE AUDITS AND THEIR
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF OUR SHARED
GOAL OF DOING BETTER FOR THE
PEOPLEAL OF SEATTLE. NEXT SLIDE,
PLEASE? IN ADDITION, FOR ALL
THREE OF THE AUDITS, WE HARNESS
THE CLECKIVE POWER OF ADDITIONAL
AGENCIES AND STAKE HOLDERS. THIS
INCLUDED WORKING WITH COMMUNITY
PARTNER O ORGANIZATIONS AND
OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND
GETTING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES AND
RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS. FOR OUR
2023 AUDIT ON ORGANIZED RETAIL
CRIME, WE SOUGHT TO UNDERSTAND
MORE ON HOW THE CITY COULD
ADDRESS THE FENCING OPERATIONS
THAT UNDERPIN ORGANIZED RETAIL
CRIME. WE WORKED WITH CITY
DEPARTMENTS, SING COUNTY
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY'S OFFICE,
THE WASHINGTON ORGANIZED RETAIL
CRIME ASSOCIATION AND THE
WASHINGTON RETAIL ASSOCIATION.
RESEARCHERS FROM THE CENTER FOR
EVIDENCE BASED CRIME POLICY AND
THE LOSS PREVENTION RESEARCH
COUNCIL PROVIDED INPUT ON THIS
REPORT. ONE OF OUR
RECOMMENDATIONS WAS TO USE AN
EVIDENCE BASED PROBLEM SOLVING
MODEL TO ADDRESS THE PLACES IN
SEATTLE WHERE STOLEN GOODS WERE
SOLD. PLACES LIKE 12th AND
JACKSON. AND SUBSEQUENT TO OUR
AUDIT, OUR OFFICE PROVIDED HANDS
ON TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO THE
FRIENDS OF LITTLE SAIGON, AS
THEY IMPLEMENTED THAT VERY
EVIDENCE BASED PROBLEM SOLVING
MODEL TO ADDRESS CRIME IN LITTLE
SAIGON. OUR OFFICE HAS BEEN
FOLLOWING THE WORK IN LITTLE
SAIGON EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.
HERE'S SOME PHOTOS I TOOK IN
JULY. THIS WAS THE 100 DAY
CHALLENGE CELEBRATION. CINDY
WONG FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IS
PICTURED HERE ON THE LEFT WITH
QUINN FONG FROM FRIENDS OF
LITTLE SAIGON. CONSISTENT WITH
AUDIT RECOMMENDATIONS, THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE HAS BEEN
COORDINATING THE ACTION ITEMS IN
LITTLE SAIGON THAT INVOLVES CITY
DEPARTMENTS. I UNDERSTAND FROM
TALKING WITH JOHN FROM THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT THAT THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT WILL BE HAVING AN
OVERDOSE PREVENTION POP UP EVENT
ON IN MY PARK PICTURED THERE AND
WE WILL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT
IRTHANE PRESENTATION. NEXT
SLIDE? IN 2024, OUR AUDIT SOUGHT
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PLACES
IN SEATTLE WHERE OVERDOSES AND
CRIMES ARE CONCENTRATED AND HOW
BEST TO ADDRESS THOSE PLACES.
OUR AUDIT WAS THE FIRST TIME THE
CITY COMBINED POLICE DATA ON
CRIME WITH DATA ON OVERDOSE
RESPONSES FROM THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT. FOR THIS AUDIT, WE
RECEIVED FREE TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE FROM THE BUREAU OF
JUSTICE ASSISTANCE AND THE
OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL
POLICY. RESEARCHERS FROM THE
CENTER FOR EVIDENCE BASED CRIME
POLICY AND WASHINGTON STATE
UNIVERSITY'S COLLEGE OF
MEDICINE PROVIDED INPUT ON OUR
REPORT. FOR THIS AUDIT, WE
WANTED TO TEST OUR FINDINGS BY
USING A TEST STUDY APPROACH. WE
SELECTED A LOCATION IN SEATTLE
WHERE OVERDOSES ARE
CONCENTRATED, THIRD AVENUE FROM
VIRGINIA TO BLANCHARD. WE LOOKED
CLOSELY FOR THOSE ON THE SITE
INCLUDING PLYMOUTH HOUSING,
YWCA, AND EVERGREEN SERVICES.
SUBSEQUENT TO THE AUDIT, WE
ROLLED UP OUR SLEEVES AND HELPED
THE EXECUTIVE WRITE A GRANT T
APPLICATION TO IMPLEMENT THE
RECOMMENDATIONS AT THIS BELLTEN
LOCATION. IT WAS NOT FUNDED LAST
YEAR BUT WE HELPED THE CITY
REAPPLY THIS YEAR. NEXT SLIDE,
PLEASE. OUR 2025 REPORT OFFERS
FOUR CONCRETE THINGS THAT THE
CITY COULD DO TO BETTER
UNDERSTAND AND ADDRESS THE
CURRENT GUN VIOLENCE PATTERNS
THAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING IN
SEATTLE. FOR THIS AUDIT, WE HAD
FREE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FROM
THE POLICE RESEARCH FORUM. WE
WORKED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE
KING COUNTY PROSECUTING
ATTORNEYS CRIME STRATEGIES UNIT
T. THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT, PERFORMANCE ANALYTIC
AND RESEARCH GROUP PROVIDED TWO
CUSTOMER REPORTS FOR THIS AUDIT.
OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THIS
AUDIT REQUIRE THE CITY TO GET
MORE ORGANIZED. MORE ORGANIZED
AROUND DATA THAT CAN HELP US
BETTER UNDERSTAND AND ADDRESS
GUN VIOLENCE. AND MORE ORGANIZED
AROUND COORDINATING ACTIVITIES
AMONG CITY DEPARTMENTS, OTHER
GOVERNMENT ENTITIES AND
COMMUNITY PARTNERS USING AN ON
HANDS ON DECK APPROACH. WE
DON'T HAVE TO REINVENT THE
WHEEL. OTHER JURISDICTIONS HAVE
LED TO REDUCTION IN GUN
VIOLENCE. IN THIS CASE, THERE IS
FREE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
PROVIDED THROUGH BLOOMBERG,
AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH AND JOHNS
HOPKINS AMERICAN UNIVERSITY.
THIS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE COULD
HELP THE CITY SET UP A VIOLENCE
REDUCTION COUNCIL LIKE THE ONE
PICTURED HERE. IT IS AN EVIDENCE
BASED STRUCTURE TO REVIEW
VIOLENT CRIME INCIDENTS AND
APPLY THE LESSONS LEARNED IN A
SYSTEMIC WAY. SO IN SUMMARY, OUR
RECOMMENDATIONS WERE DEVELOPED
WITH INPUT FROM SUBJECT MATTER
EXPERTS, LEADING RESEARCHERS AND
COMMUNITY PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS.
WE INCORPORATED INPUT FROM CITY
DEPARTMENTS AND THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE ON ALL OF OUR REPORTS.
OUR OFFICE HAS CONTINUED TO WORK
ACTIVELY TO FOLLOW UP ON ALL OF
OUR RECOMMENDATIONS. WE ALL HAVE
A COMP GOAL OF USING STRATEGIES
THAT ARE PROVEN EFFECTIVE FOR
ADDRESSING OUR CURRENT
CONDITIONS IN SEATTLE. EVERYONE
IN SEATTLE, ESPECIALLY OUR MOST
VULNERABLE RESIDENTS DESERVE
STRATEGIES THAT ARE EFFECTIVE
FOR PREVENTING OVERDOSE CRIME
AND PREVENTION. THANK YOU.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT
SIN OPSIS AND I'M SURE SOME OF
THE COLLEAGUES WILL WANT TO GET
INTO SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS. I
WILL OPEN THE FLOOR TO MY VICE
CHAIR AND ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS
TO ASK A QUESTION OR HAVE A
COMMENT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I DO THIS IN MY COMMITTEE TOO. I
ALWAYS GO TO MY VICE CHAIR
FIRST, SO I SHOULDN'T BE
SURPRISED WHEN IT HAPPENS TO ME
IN THIS COMMITTEE. I WANT T TO
THAPG THE OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR
FOR BEING HERE ALONG WITH THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE AND THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT, REPRESENTED BY CHIEF
BARNES AND CHIEF SCOGGINS FOR
FIRE AND DIRECTOR KIM FOR HSD
AND EVERYONE ELSE, THANK YOU.
INCLUDING OUR RELATIVELY NEW ADD
ONES TO THE TEAM, MR. HUNT,
WELCOME TO SEATTLE AND TO POLICE
DEPARTMENT. CLEARLY IN MY ROLE
AS CHAIR OF PUBLIC SAFETY
COMMITTEE, I WORK THESE ISSUES
ON A DAILY BASIS, LITERALLY A
DAILY BASIS. AND WITH INPUT
RECEIVED IN SO MANY DIFFERENT
WAYS INCLUDING MY WIFE ON HER
WAY INTO WORK THIS MORNING,
GIVING ME A CALL AND SAYING, DID
YOU SEE THIS, DID YOU KNOW THIS?
SO THE INPUT IS FAR AND WIDE.
WITH THAT BACKGROUND, I JUST
WANTED TO GO TO A FEW POINTS, A
FEW QUESTIONS. THIS IS TO THE
AUDITOR SIDE NOW. ONE IS, WE
REALLY DO NEED TO DO MORE
RELATED TO ORGANIZED RETAIL
CRIME. A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT
I SEE HERE MAKE SENSE. IN MY
INTERACTION WITH BUSINESSES AND
THE LIKE, A LOT OF TIMES,
BUSINESSES FEEL LIKE THEY ARE
HAM STRUNG. CORPORATE SAYS THIS,
LEGAL SAYS THAT. AND ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN
ENGAGING ON WITH OIR IS LIKE
OLYMPIA. AND I KNOW IN TERMS OF
ENGAGING OLYMPIA, IT IS THE
ISSUE OF BEING VULNERABLE TO
LAWSUITS AND THE LIKE IF YOU
TAKE ANY ACTION AT ALL. TRYING
TO INDEMNIFY THESE BUSINESSES.
WAS THAT PART OF IT? I DON'T
SEE THAT PART IN TERMS OF THE
RECOMMENDATIONS, IN TERMS OF HOW
DO WE PROVIDE PROTECTIONS TO
BUSINESSES WHO ARE LOOKING TO
TAKE SOME SORT OF ACTION,
WHETHER DIRECTLY THEMSELVES? AND
BY THE WAY, CAN I SAY, THANK YOU
GOD FOR PRIVATE SECURITY. I
REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF THE
WORK THAT THEY DO FROM
BUSINESSES FAR AND WIDE ACROSS
THE CITY BUT ALSO PLACES LIKE
THE CONVENTION SEN CENTER. WE
HAVE DONE GREAT WORK STAFFING
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BUT WE ARE
IN A BRIDGING MOMENT BECAUSE
THEY HAVE NOT FULLY COME ONLINE.
SO THE PRIVATE SECURITY IS
NEEDED AS WE GO FROM A TO B. SO
I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR
BEING HERE. BUT HOW DO WE
PROTECT BUSINESSES AND
ORGANIZATIONS? IS THERE ANYTHING
ON THOSE LINES THAT YOU WOULD
SPEAK TO RELATED TO OLYMPIA OR
ANYONE ELSE?
>> RIGHT. SO I THINK FOR THIS
ISSUE AND FOR ALL THREE OF THE
AUDITS, EVERYBODY AT THIS TABLE
WOULD RECOGNIZE THAT THESE ARE
COMPLEX ISSUES AND THEY REQUIRE
A MULTIPRONGED APPROACH. YOU ARE
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT THAT ONE OF THE
PRONGS IS WHAT CAN BE DONE
THROUGH LEGISLATION AND LOCAL
PARTNERS. RECOMMENDATION 10 DOES
SPEAK TO THAT. THE CITY SHOULD
ADVAKT TO HELP FOR RETAIL CRIME
INVESTIGATIONS, ET CETERA. SO WE
DID ACROSS THAT IN OUR AUDIT. WE
WORKED REALLY CLOSELY WITH THE
WASHINGTON RETAIL ASSOCIATION.
THEY CAN BE A GOOD PARTNER FOR
THE CITY IN MOVING FORWARD
LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS. SO THAT IS
-- THAT'S ONE THING THAT I
WOULD MENTION. THE OTHER THING
THAT I WOULD MENTION IS YES,
HEARING THE FRUSTRATION FROM
LOSS PREVENTION AND FROM THE
RETAILERS THAT OUR HANDS ARE
TIED, THERE IS NOT MUCH THAT CAN
BE DONE. HOWEVER, THERE ARE
CERTAIN THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE.
LOSS PREVENTION FOR A LOT OF
THESE ORGANIZATIONS DOES AN
EXCELLENT JOB OF DOCUMENTING THE
REPEAT CASES. THE BOOSTERS THAT
ARE NOT WORKING FOR THEMSELVES
OR THESE ARE THE PEOPLE ENGAGED
IN STEALING THE GOODS AT THE
STORES GENERALLY BOOSTERS. THEY
WILL WORK FOR LARGER FENCING
OPERATIONS. THE WHOLE FOCUS OF
THIS REPORT WAS HOW COULD WE
BEST DISMANTLE THOSE FENCING
OPERATIONS, CUTTING OFF THE HEAD
OF THE SNAKE AS IT WERE. THE
LOSS PREVENTION STAFF DO A GREAT
JOB OF TALKING TO EACH OTHER.
THEY HAVE AN ORGANIZATION CALLED
RETAIL CRIME ORGANIZATION. THE
CITY PARTICIPATES IN THAT. WHAT
WE COULD DO AS THE CITY IS A
BETTER JOB OF HELPING TO PROVIDE
ENOUGH INFORMATION TO THE KING
COUNTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY TO
MAKE SURE THAT THOSE CASES
STICK. LOSS PREVENTION WILL
COMPILE THE VIDEOS AND THE
EVIDENCE AND TURN IT INTO POLICE
INVESTIGATORS AND THEN IT NEEDS
TO BE BROUGHT TO THE PROSECUTING
ATTORNEY. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS
IS SOMETHING THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT CAN TALK ABOUT
BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN SOME WORK
DONE. THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
PUT TOGETHER A CHECK LIST FOR
INVESTIGATORS, FOR WHAT DO THEY
NEED FOR A SUCCESSFUL
PROSECUTION. BRIAN IS NODDING
AND WE WILL MAKE A NET TO TALK
ABOUT THAT. SUBSEQUENT TO OUR
AUDIT T, THERE HAS BEEN SOME
WORK DONE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
WORK OF LOSS PREVENTION IS PUT
TO GOOD USE BY INVESTIGATORS AND
PROSECUTORS AND THAT THOSE CASES
STICK. MULTIPRONGED APPROACH IS
THE BOTTOM LINE.
>> YOU RAISE A GOOD POINT, A
TECHNOLOGY POINT. AS YOU KNOW,
TODAY IS THURSDAY, WE PASSED OUT
OF COMMITTEE, OUR UPDATE FOR
LEGISLATION FOR CCTV. WE ARE
DOING A LOT OF GREAT WORK WITH
THE AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE
READER, CCVT AND THE REALTIME
CRIME CENTER. IN WORKING WITH
THESE BUSINESSES, TO INCLUDE
THOSE DEALING NOT JUST ORGANIZED
RETAIL CRIME BUT THOSE
INDIVIDUALS WITH ADDICTION
CHALLENGES OR MENTAL, BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH CHALLENGES IS THE USE OF,
LIKE THOSE BUSINESSES AND THEIR
CAMERAS. I HAVE SPOKEN TO WEST
PRESIPTH OFFICERS AND I SHOWED
UP AT A BUSINESS AND THE
SERGEANT SHOWED UP NEXT DAY AND
I WAS HAPPY TO ENSURE THE
CAMERAS WERE WORKING IN THE
RIGHT PLACE AND EVERYTHING WAS
SET UP TO PASS THE VIDEO. THIS
KIND OF GOES TO A FUNCTIONAL
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. WE NEED
TO ENSURE THE KING COUNTY
PROSECUTOR AND OUR CITY ATTORNEY
CAN DO AN EFFECTIVE JOB. AND TO
ADDRESS THE SITUATION. SO THE
TECHNOLOGY PIECE THAT YOU RAISE
IS REALLY IMPORTANT. JUST TO
SHIFT, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES ON
THE SECOND AUDIT, WHERE IT IS
TITLED, WHERE OVERDOSES AND
CRIME ARE CONCENTRATED, I JUST
KIND OF BRIDGED IT WITH MY
COMMENT ON TECHNOLOGY, IS THIS
IS ALWAYS SHIFTING. HOW CAN WE
WORK THE SHIFFING PIECE? TRUST
ME, IT IS INTERESTING, I CAN'T
SPEAK FOR OUR CITY WIDE BUT THE
DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES, IT IS
INCREDIBLE HOW DETAILED WE KNOW
THE CHALLENGES IN OUR DISTRICT.
AND IT IS SHIFTING. ANDPLERLY IN
DOWNTOWN, THESE DIFFERENT AREAS
WHERE THINGS ARE SHIFTING.
SOMETIMES THEY SHIFT BECAUSE OF
THE SODA LAW AND THE LIKE. SO
THE CHALLENGE AS I READ THIS IS
IS DOES IT ACCOUNT T FOR THE
SHIFTING. CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT
AT ALL?
>> YES, I CAN. THAT IS WELL
DOCUMENTED IN THE RESEARCH.
THERE ARE CONCERN PLACES IN
SEATTLE, CHICAGO, TEL AVIV, ALL
OVER THE WORLD. CERTAIN SMALL
LOCATIONS WHERE CRIME IS
CONCENTRATED FOR LONG PERIODS OF
TIME. OVER 30 YEARS, A CRIME HOT
SPOT CAN CONTINUE TO BE A CRIME
HOT SPOT. COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON
IS FAMILIAR WITH THIS FROM THIS
WORK IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND ONE THING IS TRUE ABOUT
THIS. WHEN YOU BEGIN TO MAKE A
STRUCTURAL CHANGE AT THAT PLACE
WHERE CRIME IS CONCENTRATED,
THERE IS A DIFFUSION OF
BENEFITS. THAT MEANS THAT THE
BENEFITS CAN RIPPLE OUT TO THE
SURROUNDING AREA. THAT'S
SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HOPE TO
SEE AS THE CITY, AS COUNCIL
PRESIDENT NELSON SAYS, THE CITY
IS BEGINNING TO DO MORE AND MORE
PLACE BASED PROBLEM SOLVING TO
ADDRESS THESE STRUCTURAL ISSUES.
WHY IS ONE INTERSECTION FOR
EXAMPLE, LIKE THIRD AND PIKE
PINE, WHY HAS THAT BEEN A HOT
SPOT FOR SO LONG? THERE ARE
PHYSICAL STRUCTURAL
ORGANIZATIONAL, CULTURAL ISSUES
THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THAT
PLACE BEING A MRIS WHERE CRIME
HAS BEEN CONCENTRATED FOR
DECADES IN SEATTLE. SO IT TAKES
A LOT OF THOROUGH PROBLEM
SOLVING WORK TO UNPACK ALL OF
THAT. WE HAVE OFFERED IN SEVERAL
OF OUR REPORTS, PROBLEM SOLVING,
STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK. IT IS FROM
THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION, WE USED THIS
FRAMEWORK IN FIVE PLACES WHERE
YOUTH CRIME AND VICTIMIZATION
WAS CONCENTRATED IN RAINIER
BEACH IN FEDERAL GRANTS STARTING
IN 2013 AND SAW IMPROVEMENTS IN
PERCEPTIONS OF SAFETY. THAT IS
THE SAME PROBLEM SOLVING MODEL
THAT WE USED, THAT THE FRIENDS
OF LITTLE SAIGON DID AN AMAZING
JOB OF USING IN LITTLE SAIGON
WITH THEIR PROJECT CALLED PHO
DEP. I HOPE THAT IS HELPFUL.
>> THANK YOU. I UNDERSTAND WHAT
YOU'RE SAYING. I WANT -- JUST
TWO BASIC COMMENTS, NOT A
QUESTION. IN TERMS OF THE
OVERDOSES AND CRIME ARE
CONCENTRATED AUDIT REPORT, ONE
OF THE THINGS I WOULD SAY, WELL,
THREE THINGS. ONE IS, IT IS A
QUESTION OF HARM AND HOW WE
DEFINE IT. AND PART OF THAT
DEFINITION HAS TO INCLUDE THE
NEIGHBORHOODS. PARTICULARLY IN
TODAY'S SEATTLEAL, DOWNTOWN IS
NO LONGER THE COMMERCIAL CORE. I
WOULD LOVE TO WORK WITH THE
MAYOR TO STRIP THE TERM
COMMERCIAL CORE FROM THE
LEXICON. DOWNTOWN HAS A LOT OF
RESIDENTS. BELLTOWN, LOTS OF
RESIDENTS. WE HAVE INCREASED THE
RESIDENTS. THERE IS DEFINITE
HARM THAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR
COMMUNITIES AND NEIGHBORHOOD.
THAT SHOULD BE PART OF THE
CALCULUS AS WE TAKE ACTION, IS A
CHANGED DYNAMIC OF WHAT IT WAS
5, 10 YEARS AGO. THE SECOND
THING IS, AND I KNOW BECAUSE
I'M GETTING A LOT OF EMAILS
RIGHT NOW BUT WE NEED TO HAVE A
PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY AND
THE SERVICE PROVIDERS. I MET
WITH THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR
THE STATE'S DHSH, COMMUNITY
SERVICE OFFICE AT THE BELLTOWN
CENTER AND TALKED ABOUT THE
ISSUES. WE NEED YOU TO PARTNER
WITH US, THE CITY BUT
PARTICULARLY, BELLTOWN, BECAUSE
WHAT YOU DO CAN HAVE AN IMPACT
ON THE COMMUNITY. I'M
HIGHLIGHTING, THERE IS A DRUG
DEALER ACROSS THE STREET. I SAID
HIS NAME AND IT IS INCREDIBLE I
KNOW THESE THINGS AND ALL OF THE
FACTORS. SHE UNDERSTOOD. I SAID,
YOU KNOW, IT'S A CHALLENGE WHEN
YOU ARE HANDING OUT EBTs AND
THEN THEY ARE TURNED OVER TO BUY
DRUGS. WHAT CAN YOU DO TO CHANGE
THE DYNAMIC? NOT LUMP THEM OR
SPREAD THEM OUT. SO MANY THINGS.
WE NEED TO HAVE THE PARTNERSHIP
TO WORK WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS.
I KNOW THERE IS A REACTION TO
SAY NO, MY INBOX IS GETTING
FLOODED. BUT WE NEED TO HAVE THE
SERVICE PROVIDER SAY HEY,
WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH OUR
CLIENTS ONCE THEY WALK OUTSIDE
OF OUR DOORS? AND HOW CAN WE
WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE
NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS AND
CITY PIECES TOO.
>> I KNOW THAT WAS JUST A
COMMENT BUT THE SERVICE
PROVIDERS WERE HUNGRY FOR THAT
IN OUR CASE STUDY SITE IN YOUR
DISTRICT. THEY ALL WORKED --
PLYMOUTH HOUSING IS RIGHT ACROSS
THE STREET FROM HARBOR VIEW AND
THE YWCA. THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING
IN THAT ENVIRONMENT FOR A LONG
PERIOD OF TIME AND EXPERIENCING
THE SAME PROBLEMS BUT THEY DID
THOUGHT HAVE A FORUM TO SHARE
THEIR EXPERIENCES WITH EACH
OTHER. AND THAT IS THE REAL
VALUE THAT WE CAN OFFER AS A
CITY, BEING THE CONVENER. THANK
YOU FOR THAT. I AGREE WITH YOU.
>> NOT IN A PUNITIVE WAY BUT A
COLLABORATIVE WAY. THERE MAY BE
BUDGETS ACTIONS WE COULD TAKE.
AND THE LAST THING, I KNOW I'M
TAKING TOO LONG BUT RELATED TO
GUN VIOLENCE, I APPRECIATE ALL
OF THE DIFFERENT PIECES IN THIS
SECTION. BUT PART OF THE
APPROACH IS THE LEGISLATION WE
HAVE BEEN PASSING. I WANT TO
THANK CHIEF BARNES. WE PASSED
THE AFTER HOURS ESTABLISHMENT
BILL. THEN WE TAKE ACTION WHERE
TWO INDIVIDUALS WERE KILLED IN
GUN VIOLENCE. WE UPDATED THE
CHRONIC NUISANCE PROPERTY BILL
AND MADE IT BETTER. CHIEF, THANK
YOU FOR TAKING ACTION SHORTLY
THEREAFTER. THAT IS A LITTLE
DIFFERENT, NOT GUN VIOLENCE
RELATED BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN
BASED ON WHAT WE ARE SEEING. WE
HAVE TO KEEP PRESSING THESE
THINGS. I WILL JUST JOKE THAT WE
HAVE OUR STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK
PLAN AND THE WORD OF THE DAY IS
FRAMEWORK BETWEEN THE AUDITOR'S
OFFICE AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
AND THE COUNCIL. BUT WE HAVE TO
WORK THESE FRAMEWORKS IN ORDER
TO GET ANSWERS TO THESE
CHALLENGES. THANK YOU CITY
AUDITOR, THANK YOU COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR POINTS.
COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCIL
PRESIDENT. THANK YOU FOR
PROVIDING THIS AUDIT T. THERE
ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT
STOOD OUT FOR ME AS I WAS
LOOKING AT THIS. IT RELATES NOT
JUST TO THE AUDIT BUT MY
EXPERIENCE. ONE BEING LOOKING
AT&T THE PLACE BASED STUFF. WHY
ARE CERTAIN LOCATIONS MAGNETS
FOR ACTIVITY AND WHY HAVE THEY
BEEN THAT WAY FOR A LONG TIME? I
REFLECT BACK TO WHEN 12th AND
JACKSON WAS THE PROBLEM. NOW IT
IS 12th AND KING. 12th AND
JACKSON LOOKS PRETTY GOOD. SO
THERE IS A CONCERN THAT WE ARE
NOT SOLVING THE PROBLEM. WE ARE
JUST MOVING THE PROBLEM. I HAVE
ALWAYS THOUGHT ABOUT, WE WOULD
LOOK AT THE ORGANIZED RETAIL
CRIME AND WHY IS STUFF WINDING
UP THERE, WHY THERE AS ANYWHERE
ELSE? WHY WAS AN ORGANIZED
RETAIL THEFT THAT OCCURRED IN
BELLEVUE, WHY DID IT WIND UP TO
BE SOLD? IT MAKES ME THINK WHY
THIS PLACE, WHAT IS IT ABOUT
THAT LOCATION THAT MAKES IT A
MAGNET. SO -- I'M LOOKING AT
THE RECOMMENDATIONS YOU HAVE IN
TERMS OF ORGANIZED RETAIL THEFT.
I'M LOOKING AT HAVE WE DRILLED
DOWN TO WHY THIS PIECE OF
GEOGRAPHY? THAT'S MY QUESTION.
>> SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE
FRIENDS OF LITTLE SAIGON HAVE
DONE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BUSINESSES IN
THE AREA, CITY DEPARTMENTS,
COUNTY AGENCIES. IT'S THE FIRST
QUESTION YOU ASK, WHAT'S THE
PROBLEM AND WLAT ARE THE
SPECIFIC, LOCAL CONDITIONS THAT
ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THE PROBLEM.
AND THEY HAVE A PHENOMENAL
DOCUMENT THAT GOES THROUGH THAT
ANALYSIS THAT WAS DONE IN
COLLABORATION WITH LOTS OF STAKE
HOLDERS. SO THERE IS NOT A
SINGLE ANSWER BUT YOU CAN FIND
THEIR FULL SET OF WHAT ALL THOSE
LOCAL CONDITIONS ARE IN THAT
REPORT. I'LL MAKE SURE YOU GET
IT.
>> THANKS. JUST TWO MORE POINTS
REAL QUICK. ONE POINT PIGGYBACKS
OF OF WHAT COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE
SAID, WE ARE IN THE ERA OF EBT
FRAUD. WHAT ARE WE DOING,
WORKING WITH BUSINESSES IN THE
AREA TO SQUELCH THAT? BECAUSE I
THINK THAT IS ALSO CONTRIBUTING
TO SOME OF THE ACTIVITY WE ARE
SEEING IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> THAT IS AN AREA, I KNOW THE
POLICE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON
THAT. THAT'S AN AREA THAT I
THINK I WILL DEFER.
>> IF YOU CAN'T SAY BECAUSE OF
OPERATIONALLY SENSITIVE, I
COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT
I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT IT
IS SOMETHING THAT IS KNOWN AND
HOPEFULLY WE ARE DOING SOMETHING
TO ADDRESS THAT.
>> SO THOSE WERE -- THIS WAS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO ASK OUR AUDITORS
WHY THEY FOCUSED ON CERTAIN
THINGS, HOW THEY DID THEIR WORK.
AGAIN I SAY THEY WEREN'T JUST
LOOKING FOR PROBLEMS. THEY WERE
LOOKING FOR WAYS WE CAN IMPROVE
OUR WORK AND OFFER A PATHWAY, A
BLUEPRINT, ROAD MAP TO DOING
THINGS BETTER BECAUSE PART OF
YOUR JOB IS TO RESEARCH WHAT
OTHER MUNICIPALS AND COUNTIES
ARE DOING. I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF
QUESTIONS ABOUT TWO OF YOUR
POINTS IN YOUR PRESENTATION.
ONE, YOU TOUCHED ON SO I WILL
JUST SAY NOW, THE META ISSUE OR
QUESTION IS THAT THE AUDITOR'S
REPORTS ON ORGANIZED RETAIL
CRIME, OVERDOSES AND CRIME, AND
GUN VIOLENCE, THEY ALL INDICATED
THAT CENTRALIZED CITY
CORDINATION WITH INTERNAL AND
EXTERNAL STAKE HOLDERS WOULD GO
ALONG WAY OR PETTER CORDINATION.
SO IT COULD BE IMPROVED AND
PERHAPS AS THE EXECUTIVE IS
GOING THROUGH YOUR PRESENTATION,
YOU CAN ADDRESS WHAT ARE SOME OF
THE BARRIERS AND WHAT ADDITIONAL
CORDINATION YOU HAVE DONE AS A
RESULT OF THESE AUDITS COMING
OUT AND THOSE DATE FROM THREE
AUDITS FROM 2023 TO THE PRESENT.
I WANT TO TOUCH ON THE
INITIATIVE THAT IS VERY, NOT
NEAR AND DEAR BUT ONE OF THE
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WAS VERY
POIGNANT TO ME IS NUMBER 7, THE
RECOMMENDATION IN THE OVERDOSE
AND CRIME AUDIT. THIS
RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY
INVESTIGATE. SO THE AUDITOR'S
REPORT INDICATED, THIS IS ON
PAGE 22 AND 23, INDICATED THERE
IS A FEDERAL STATUTE THAT ALLOWS
FOR INDICTMENTS AND PROSECUTIONS
FOR ILLEGAL DRUG DISTRIBUTION
THAT RESULTS IN FATAL OVERDOSES.
AND THAT WAS ONE OF YOUR
RECOMMENDATIONS. YOUR AUDIT SAID
THAT SPD DOES NOT CURRENTLY
INVESTIGATE FATAL OVERDOSES. THE
SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE OF THE
DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION
WITHIN THIS REGION IS WILLING TO
PARTNER WITH THE CITY TO
PERSEUSS CASES OF DRUG
DISTRIBUTION THAT LEAD TO FATAL
OVERDOSES. WHY? IT IS NOT THAT
THE OVERDOSES ARE ANY IMPORTANT
THAN ANY OTHER OVERDOSE THAT
HAPPENED IN THE CITY BUT IT IS A
WAY OF MOVING UP THE CHAIN OF
THE DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS THAT
COULD HAVE A MUCH MORE BROAD
IMPACT AND BENEFIT. SO THAT IS
ONE OF MY TOP PRIORITIES. I WILL
JUST BE STRAIGHT UP THAT I TOLD
CHIEF BARNES THAT I WASN'T
GOING TO MAKE -- I WASN'T GOING
TO SAY THAT I WANT YOU TO DO ALL
BUT I WOULD INDICATE THOSE THAT
WOULD HAVE MOST IMPACT THAT
COULD DRIVE IMPROVEMENT, NOT
JUST IN PUBLIC SAFETY BUT
CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS AS I NOTED
EARLIER. ONE OTHER QUESTION I
HAD BEFORE WE GO ONTO THE
EXECUTIVE'S QUESTION IS BACK TO
THE WHOLE CORDINATION AMONGST
DEPARTMENTS AND WITH OUTSIDE
STAKE HOLDERS, I ASSUME THAT YOU
HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE ON WHAT COULD BE THE
BARRIERS TO THAT. IS IT
DIFFICULTY SHARING INFORMATION
THAT ONE DEPARTMENT HAS THAT
COULD BE SENSITIVE OR VIOLATE
THE PRIVACY OF INDIVIDUALS OR
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE BARRIERS TO
BETTER CORDINATION? IT SEEMS
LIKE A NO BRAINER BUT IT IS
SURPRISING THAT THE CORDINATION
DOESN'T SEEM TO BE AS ROBUST AS
IT COULD BE.
>> I THINK THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
IS GOING TO SPEAK TO THIS. FROM
WHAT I HAVE OBSERVED, IT IS A
FUNCTION OF BUILDING THE MUSCLE
MEMORY TO DO THIS. AND WE --
FROM WHAT I HAVE OBSERVED ON THE
WORK IN LITTLE SAIGON, THE CITY
IS BEGINNING TO BUILD THE MUSCLE
MEMORY. THE MAYOR'S OFFICE HAS
BEEN COORDINATING THE CITY
DEPARTMENT'S ACTIVITIES IN
LITTLE SAIGON. AND OUR HOPE
WOULD BE, BASED ON ALL OF OUR
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT IT IS NOT A
ONE OFF IN LITTLE SAIGON. THIS
BECOMES A PART OF THE CITY'S
MUSCLE MEMORY. THIS BECOMES THE
WAY THE CITY DOES BUSINESS,
COORDINATING AMONG THE CITY
AGENCIES WITH THE OTHER
GOVERNMENT ENTITIES TO SOLVE OUR
SHARED PROBLEMS IN A SYSTEMIC
WAY.
>> RIGHT. AS YOU SAID, WE DON'T
HAVE TO REINVENT THE WHEEL. WE
CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF RESOURCES
FROM OUR FEDERAL PART TNERS
BECAUSE THEY DON'T T COST A LOT
OF MONEY AND THEY ARE TESTED
ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THEY ARE
TESTED IN A WAY THAT HAS
WRINKLED OUT THE DEFECTS OF
THOSE PRACTICES. OKAY. UNLESS
THERE ARE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
ABOUT THIS OVER VIEW, MY
UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE WERE
121 RECOMMENDATIONS JUST FROM
THE AUDITS PRESENTED IN 2024.
THAT EXCLUDES THE GUN VIOLENCE
AUDIT AND 21 WERE IMPLEMENTED.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK
TO SOME OF THE BARRIERS OF
IMPLEMENTING THOSE SO WE CAN
ALSO GIVE EACH OTHER SOME GRACE
AND FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE BEST
PATH FORWARD FOR MOVING ON THESE
ROAD MAPS FOR CHANGE. SO GO
AHEAD AND BEGIP YOUR
PRESENTATION.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I'M GOING TO KICK IT OFF FOR
THE EXECUTIVE AND THEN TURN IT
OVER TO THE VARIOUS MEMBERS OF
THE TEAM. I WANT TO SAY THANK
YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY.
THESE ARE AS WE HAVE DISCUSSED
WITH YOU AND WITH OUR COLLEAGUES
ON THE SECOND FLR AND WITH THE
CITY AUDITOR'S OFFICE, THESE
ARE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT AUDITS
AND ONES WE HAVE TAKEN SERIOUSLY
AND HAVE INFORMED OUR APPROACH
TO PULIC SAFETY OVER THE LAST
FEW YEARS SO I WANT TO OPEN WITH
THAT STATEMENT. I WANT TO THANK
THE REST OF OUR COLLEAGUES, WE
DON'T SAY THANK YOU ENOUGH.
THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.
OBVIOUSLY, THERE IS A
RELATIONSHIP WHERE YOU ALL NEED
TO HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE BUT WE
APPRECIATE THAT AND WE NEED TO
DO BETTER. THANK YOU FOR HAVING
US HERE TO TALK ABOUT IT. I WANT
TO THANK CLAUDIA. CLAUDIA AND I,
I REMEMBER HAVING A CONVERSATION
IN 2022 WHEN THE OPIOID KRIESS
WAS REALLY HITTING SEATTLE. WE
WERE A COUPLE YEARS BEHIND THE
EAST COAST AND JUST THINKING
WHAT CAN WE DO TO WORK TOGETHER
WHEN NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE
TALKING ABOUT FENTANYL. CLAUDIA
AND THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE HAVE
BEEN INVALUABLE PARTNERS.
PROGRAMS WOULD NEVER HAVE
HAPPENED WITHOUT THEIR SUPPORT
AND WITHOUT THEM DRIVING IT.
VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT WORK.
JUST MOVING INTO THIS, AT A HIGH
LEVEL, WE AGREE WITH VIRTUALLY
ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND
FINDINGS IN THE AUDIT. AND
REALLY, WE AGREE WITH ALL OF IT.
REALLY THE IMPLEMENTATION IS THE
TRIGY PART AS WE HAVE DISCUSSED.
FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, WE ARE
PLEASED TO HAVE IMPLEMENTED WHAT
WE CAN IMPLEMENT NOW AND TO BE
IN THE PROCESS OF IMPLEMENTING
THE REMAINDER. IF YOU SEE A LOT
OF RECOMMENDATIONS LISTED AS
PENDING AND THAT'S BECAUSE THEY
ARE IN PROGRESS. WE ARE WORKING
TO BUILD THE SYSTEMS THAT WILL
ALLOW US TO REPORT BACK TO
CLAUDIA AND HER TEAM AND SAY
LOOK, WE ACCOMPLISHED THIS AND
NOW WE CAN SAY NOT MISSION
ACCOMPLISHED BUT ONTO THE NEXT
STEP. BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO
OUR TEAM AT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
AND DEPARTMENT, I WANT TO
PROVIDE A LITTLE BACKGROUND AND
HISTORY. I THINK IT IS
IMPORTANT. A LOT OF TIMES WE
FORGET WHERE WE COME FROM IN OUR
IMPATIENCE TO GET THE CITY
BETTER. I WANT TO SPEND A COUPLE
OF MINUTES. WHEN THE MAYOR CAME
INTO OFFICE IN 2022, WE AT THE
CITY WERE FACING FIVE PRETTY
SUBSTANTIAL SYSTEMIC ISSUES. THE
FIRST WAS THE PANDEMIC HAD
CLEARED OUT DOWNTOWN. OFFICE
BUILDINGS DID NOT HAVE WORKERS
IN THEM. STORE FRONTS WERE
CLOSING. THE COMMUNITY PRESENCE
AND VIBRANCY DOWNTOWN AND ON OUR
STREETS AND COMMERCIAL CORE WERE
AT AN ALLTIME LOW. SECOND, THESE
CHANGE CONDITIONS WERE AT LEAST
A MAJOR FACTOR OF INCREASES IN
CRIME, INCREASES IN PUBLIC DRUG
USE, ENCAMPMENTS AND PARKS IN
THE RIGHT OF WAY AND THE
FEELING, THE REAL FEELING FROM
THE COMMUNITY THAT SEATTLE WAS
LESS SAFE. AND AT THE SAME TIME,
FENTANYL BEGAN TO SURFACE IN A
MAJOR WAY IN SEATTLE. PRIOR TO
FENTANYL , WE HAD OBVIOUSLY,
STILL OVERDOSES AND SIGNIFICANT
PROBLEMS WITH DRUG USE BUT IT
WAS LIMITED TO METHAMPHETAMINE
AND HEROIN. AS YOU KNOW, THESE
ARE VERY DIFFERENT DRUGS FROM
FENTANYL. FENTANYL IS A GAME
CHANGER. IT IS CHEAP, AVAILABLE,
AND IT IS LETHAL. SMALL, SMALL
AMOUNTS CAN KILL YOU. BUT
UNFORTUNATELY, IN 2022, WE
REALLY HAD NO CITY PROGRAMS THAT
WERE FUNDED BY US OR FUNDED BY
THE COUNTY THAT WOULD ADDRESS
THIS CRISIS. THEY DIDN'T EXIST.
OUR PROGRAMS ARE FOCUSED ON
HEPATITIS, NEEDLE EXCHANGE. WE
HAD TO PIVOT IN A SIGNIFICANT
WAY. FOURTH AS YOU KNOW, WE
TALKED ABOUT THIS A LOT, SPD
EXPERIENCED A SIGNIFICANT
MASSIVE INTRODUCTION. OFFICERS
FELL TO THE LOWEST LEVEL SINCE
1991. NOT HAVING SUFFICIENT
STAFFING IS NOT AN EXCUSE TO NOT
RESPOND TO CALLS. IT IS NOT AN
EXCUSE. HOWEVER, THERE IS A
MASSIVE BURDEN ON OUR OFFICERS
TO RESPOND TO THESE QUALITY OF
LIFE ISSUES THAT WE SEE EVERY
DAY. WHILE OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS
WERE DOING A GREAT JOB AT
RESPONDING TO OFFENSE, IF THERE
IS A SEARCH THAT HAS TO HAPPEN
IN LITTLE SAIGON , WE CAN DO IT.
IF WE HAVE TO STAND UP A
SHELTER, WE CAN DO THAT. IF WE
NEED TO PUT A BUSINESS IN A
STORE FRONT, WE CAN DO THAT.
HOWEVER, WHERE WE STRUGGLE AS A
CITY IS THE SILOS. HOW DO WE
BRING EVERYTHING TOGETHER T. TO
FIX THIRD AVENUE, IT CAN'T JUST
BE PUBLIC SAFETY. IT HAS TO BE
PUBLIC HEALTH, LONGTERM
PLANNING. WHERE ARE WE PUTTING
HOUSING? WHERE ARE WE EPUTTING
UPZONING. HOW ARE WE BRINGING
BUSINESSES? IT IS AN ALL CITY
EFFORT TO IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY.
OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND
WITH THE MAJOR PARTNERSHIP OF
THIS COUNCIL AND CITY AUDITOR'S
OFFICE, WE HAVE WORKED HARD TO
REVERSE THESE TRENDS. AS WE HAVE
SAID TODAY THROUGH THE DOWNTOWN
ACTIVATION PLAN, WE HAVE MADE
REAL INROADS TO RECITE VITALIZE
THE DOWNTOWN. I APOLOGIZE TO
REFERRING TO DOWNTOWN BUT IT IS
IMPORTANT. IT IS OUR ENGINE JUST
LIKE BELLTOWN, PIONEER SQUARE,
LITTLE SAIGON. IT'S AN ALL
APPROACH TO THESE PLACES. YOU
KNOW, THROUGH TARGETED PLACE
BASED EFFORTS AND YOU KNOW,
SMART, DATA FOCUSED POLICING, WE
HAVE REDUCED LEVELS OF ALL TYPES
OF CRIME. CRIME IS DOUP IN THE
CITY OF SEATTLE. WE LAUNCHED THE
FIRST OF THE NATION CARE
DEPARTMENT, HEALTH 99 TEAM. WE
DELIVER CARE AND OTHER RESPONSE
OPTIONS TO HELP THOSE SUFFERING
ON OUR STREETS. WE HAVE CREATED
PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS THE OPIATE
CRISIS THAT DID NOT EXIST
PREVIOUS LE. WE INCREASED
INVESTMENTS IN PROGRAMS THAT WE
THINK WORK. COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
YOU HAVE BEEN A CHAMPION HERE.
WE NEED DIVERSIFIED TREATMENT.
WE CAN'T HAVE ONE OR THE OTHER,
WE HAVE TO HAVE BOTH. WE HAVE
PRIORITIZED OUR LIMITED GENERAL
FUND MONIES TO INVEST IN
IMPORTANT PROGRAMS. HEALTH 99
DID NOT EXIST BEFORE. WE BUILT
THAT WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT RESPONDS
TO OVERDOSES. IT'S A GAME
CHANGER AND IT SAVES LIVES. WE
INVESTED IN THE POST OVERDOSE
RECEIVING CENTER. THIS WAS A
PROETH THAT WAS FLOUNDERING. THE
CITY GOT BEHIND IT AND WE MOVED
ACROSS THE FINISH LINE. WE HAVE
INVESTED IN LEAD AND COLEAD. WE
NED TO GET PEOPLE OFF THE
STREETS INTO THE RIGHT PLACE AND
INTO A PLACE THAT WILL PROVIDE
THEM SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT,
PROVIDE THEM MENTAL HEALTH, AND
FRANKLY WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN
PLYMOUTH AND OTHER PLACES IS
ACTIVITIES. WHAT'S GOING TO
KEEP PEOPLE OCCUPIED AND
MOTIVATION UP SO THEY ARE NOT
GOING TO THE SAME PLACES OPTHIRD
AVENUE. WE HAVE TURNED THE TIDE
ON POLICE RECRUITING. AS YOU
KNOW WE WILL HAVE THE SINGLE
LARGEST RECRUITING CLASS IN THE
CITY'S HISTORY THIS YEAR. WE
DID IT WITH YOUR HELP. LASTLY,
AND I THINK IT IS REALLY
RELEVANT TO THE AUDITS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS, WE ARE TAKING
AN ALL DEPARTMENT APPROACH TO
PUBLIC SAFETY AND PUBLIC HEALTH
CHALLENGES FACING OUR CITY. WE
LEARNED THAT IT IS NOT JUST
ENFORCEMENT, IT'S ECONOMIC
HEALTH, REVITALIZATION,
ACTIVATION, LONGTERM HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT PLANS, PLACE MAKING,
SAFE AND ACCESSIBLE
TRANSPORTATION. SHELTERS FOR
PEOPLE TO RESIDE AND THESE
EFFORTS ARE LINKED. THEY ARE NOT
SILOED. THEY ALL NEED TOO
WORKING TO MEASURABLE GOALS. AT
THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS THE
CORE BELIEF BEHIND THE EFFORTS
WE WILL DISCUSS TODAY AND BEHIND
HOW THE EXECUTIVE IS ASKING AND
DEMANDING THAT ITS DEPARTMENTS
ARE GOING TO ACT MOVING FORWARD.
SO DURING THIS PRESENT TATION
AND I PROMISE I WILL BE QUIET
SOON. DURING THE PRESENTATION,
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WILL DISCUSS
AT A HIGH LEVEL WHAT WE ARE
DOING AS FAR AS PLACE BASED
EFFORTS GO AND HOW IT ALIGNS TO
RECOMMENDATIONS WE HAVE GOT FROM
HAD AUDITOR AND HOW WE ARE
SEEING THINGS MOVE IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION. WE WILL HEAR FROM
REPRESENT RECEIVES FROM SPD,
HPD, TO DISCUSS THE SPECIFIC
AUDITS AND PROGRESS IN EACH
AREA. WE ARE TRYING TO TAKE A
HIGH LEVEL APPROACH. IF THERE
ARE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS
THAT YOU WANT US TO ADDRESS,
PLEASE TELL US AND WE WILL DO
THAT. WE WANT TO GIVE YOU AS
MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE IN
ORDER TO SHOW YOU ALL THAT WE
ARE TAKING THE RECOMMENDATIONS
SERIOUSLY AND THEY ARE INFORMING
THE WAY WE ARE APPROACHING
PUBLIC SAFETY. I WILL TURN IT
OVER.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE INPUT. I
WANT TO MAKE SURE -- I DON'T
MEAN TO RUSH ANYBODY BUT WE HAVE
ANOTHER HOUR. WE HAVE SOME
LEGISLATION TO DISCUSS LATER AND
SO I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO
JETTISON PAGES OF THE
PRESENTATION BUT I REALLY
INTERESTED IN FOCUSING ON YOUR
RESPONSE TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS
AND THEN AFTERWARDS, IF THERE IS
A POSSIBILITY OF INCLUDING IN
COMMENTS OTHER WORK THAT YOU ARE
DOING THAT WASN'T SPECIFIED IN
THE RECOMMENDATION. I REALLY
WANT T TO HEAR THAT. THANKS.
>> LET'S GO RIGHT INTO IT.
LEANDRO, YOU CAN KICK IT OFF. I
DON'T NEED TO SPEAK.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. I WANT T TO
TALK ABOUT GOING FROM THE WHAT
ANDREW WAS TALKING ABOUT. THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE IS FOCUSED ON
THE NEIGHBORHOODS IN SEATTLE
THAT HAVE PERSISTENT
INTERCONNECTED PROBLEMS WITH
PUBLIC SAFETY, ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT AND NEIGHBORHOOD
VIBRANCY. SEATTLE HAS ATTEMPTED
TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES
IPSEVERAL WAYS AND WE WANT TO
THANK THE AUDITOR. WE TOOK THAT
INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN WE
DECIDED TO TAKE A PLACE BASED
APPROACH TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE
MOST HIGH IMPACTED AREAS WITH
911 CALLS AND OVERDOSE DATA. SO
ONE EXAMPLE OF THAT OR AT LEAST
THREE EXAMPLES IS THE DOWNTOWN
ACTIVATION PLAN IS WORKING IN
CORDINATION WITH THE DOWNTOWN
ACTIVATION TEAM THAT IS DOING
SEARCHES IN AREAS AND THE LITTLE
SAIGON STRATEGY SPECIFICALLY IN
CONNECTION WITH THE DEFINITION
IN LITTLE SAIGON. SO SOME OF THE
EXAMPLES OF WHAT WE ARE DOING IS
THE CRIME PREVENTION THROUGH
DESIGN. THAT IS THE ASSESSMENT
WHERE WE TAKE A MOMENT TO TAKE
INVENTORY AND ASSESS WHAT IS
GOING ON IN THE AREA TO MAKE IT
A HOT SPOT AREA. WHAT DO WE NEED
TO ADDRESS TO HAVE A SURGE
EFFORT T IN ALL DEPARTMENTS.
WHAT YOU SEE WITH THE DOWNTOWN
ACTIVATION TEAM IS THE SCHEDULED
RESTORATION ACTIONS WHERE WE
TAKE A SURGE OF EFFORT,
MULTIDEPARTMENT WHERE WE HAVE
PROACTIVE POLICE AND
BEAUTIFICATION EFFORTS, WHERE WE
TAKE A LOOK AT THE STRUCTURES,
CAN WE MAKE ENVIRONMENTAL
CHANGES IN THE SPACES SO WE CAN
REDUCE CRIME AND OVERDOSE IN THE
AREAS. WE ARE WORKING WITH THE
OFFICE OF THE ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT TO ACTIVATE THE
SPACES, CREATE POSITIVE FOOT
TRAFFIC. WE KNOW WHEN WE FLOOD A
SPACE WITH POSITIVE ENERGY AND
FOOT TRAFFIC, IT MAKES PEOPLE
FEEL THAT THE SPACE IS SAFER AND
IT REDUCES THE NEGATIVE BEHAVIOR
IN THOSE RIGHT OFWAYS. THAT'S
HOW WE CAN GET TO THE INVESTMENT
PIECE WHERE WE CAN SAY THE AREA
IS STABILIZED. WE ARE ACTIVATING
IT AND NOW WE KNOW HOW TO INVEST
IN THE AREAS.
>> I WOULD ADD TO ALL OF THAT IS
THAT COMMUNITY HAS TO BE WITH
USARVE STEP OF THE WAY. FROM THE
BEGINNING, WE HAVE TO WORK WITH
THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
IS THE CULTURE, WHAT IS THE
NEEDS OF THIS COMMUNITY. WE
CAN'T TELL THEM. THEY HAVE TO
BE THERE. THEY HAVE TO BE AT THE
TABLE, TALKING ABOUT QUINN GOING
TO BLOOMBERG, BEING A PART OF
THE PROCESS. EACH ONE OF THE
PHASES WE GO THROUGH, THEY WILL
ALWAYS BE AN ACTIVE MEMBER IN
THE AREA.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS JUST TO
DOVE TAIL OFF OF THAT, THE
SPECIFIC ISSUE THAT WAS
ADDRESSED BY THE COUNCILMEMBERS
WAS HOW DO WE HAVE A WHOLISTIC
RESPONSE FOR INDIVIDUALS. YES,
WE ARE ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE
CAN ADDRESS THE SAFETY CONCERNS
IN THE AREA BUT WE WANT TO HAVE
A WHOLISTIC RESPONSE. SOME OF
THE THINGS WE HAVE BEEN DOING IS
MAKING SURE WOOK WORK WITH OUR
SERVICE PROVIDERS SO THAT WE CAN
GET THE RESOURCES OUT TO
INDIVIDUALS IN TANDEM WITH THE
SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT. I'M SO
PROUD TO SAY THAT IN THE PAST
TWO MONTHS, WE WERE ABLE TO GET
19 OF THE HIGHLY MOST IMPACTED
INDIVIDUALS IN LITTLE SAIGON
HOUSED AND IN TEMPORARY LODGING.
19 MAY NOT SEEM LIKE A LOT FOR
SOME PEOPLE BUT WHEN YOU KNOW
THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE IMPACTING
THE COMMUNITY, THERE IS A FELT
IMPACT. SO THIS IS JUST AN
EXAMPLE OF HOW WE ARE TRYING OUR
BEST TO IMPLEMENT THE
RECOMMENDATIONS SO THAT WE CAN
TAG IN METRICS AND HAVE A DATA
DRIVEN APPROACH FOR WHERE WE ARE
MAKING INVESTMENTS. WE COME TO
THE TABLE WITH AGREED METRICS OF
WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO DO HERE?
WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT IS THE
ONE SEATTLE RESTORATION
FRAMEWORK FOR PUBLIC SAFETY,
COMMUNITY WELL-BEING AND
ECONOMIC RECOVERY. FOR EACH OF
THOSE AREAS, WE DETERMINED THE
BEST METRICS SO THAT IF THE DATA
IS NOT TRENDING IN THE RIGHT
WAY, WE KNOW WE NEED TO DO A
DIFFERENT STRATEGY OR WE CAN
APPLY OR OR LESS PRESSURE IN
CERTAIN AREAS.
>> AS YOU NOTICE, SOME OF THESE
ARE MORE LEADING OR LAGGING
METRICS. WE ARE BRINGING ALL OF
THIS DATA INTO ONE PLACE WHERE
WE CAN SEE HOW IT AFFECTS EACH
OTHER. WE KNOW SOME OF THIS WILL
BE MORE MEDIA AND SOME WILL TAKE
LONGER. WE HAVE TO TRACK IT EACH
FROM THE DEPARTMENTS SPEAKING
THE SAME LANGUAGE TOGETHER. THAT
GOES BACK TO ONE OF THE KEY
RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE AUDITS
WHICH IS WE HAVE TO COORDINATE.
WE HAVE TO SHARE INFO AND BREAK
DOWN THE SILOS.
>> CAN I ASK A QUESTION BEFORE
WE GO ON? THAT WAS AN
INTRODUCTION TO THE WORK YOU
HAVE BEEN DOING IN GENERAL. WILL
YOU BE IDENTIFYING THE SPECIFIC
RECOMMENDATION THAT THE WORK ON
THE SUBSEQUENT SLIDES RESPOND
TO?
>> YES. WE WILL. I MEAN, SO FOR
THE OPIOID AUDIT, MOST OF THE
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE
PENDING CORRELATED TO REPORTING
OUT ON THE PLACE BASED WORK THAT
WE WERE DOING. WE RIGHT NOW ARE
ARE FINALIZING SOME OF THE
PRELIMINARY METRICS. WE BELIEVE
AT THAT POINT, WE WILL HAVE
IMPLEMENTED THE RECOMMENDATION.
WE NEED TO CONFER WITH THE
AUDITOR'S OFFICE. WE FEEL LIKE
WE ARE GETTING TO A MRIS WHERE
WE ARE CLOSER TO THAT. THIS
RESPONDS TO A MAJOR SUBSET OF
THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE
REPORT. WHAT WE ARE HOPING TO DO
IS HIT ON THE REMAINING
RECOMMENDATIONS. OBVIOUSLY AS
MUCH AS THE TEAM MEMBERS CAN, IF
YOU CAN REFERENCE A
RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU'RE
DRIVING TOWARDS IT WOULD BE
HELPFUL AND SARA CAN HELP WITH
THAT TOO.
>> THANKS.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. I
WILL BE BRIEF AS I PRD OUR CHIEF
OPERATING OFFICER BRIAN MAXY WHO
HAS WORKED HARD TO COORDINATE A
LOT OF THE EFFORTS, WHO WORKS
CLOSELY WITH OUR LEGISLATIVE
BODY AS WELL AS OUR EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF CRIME AND HARM
REDUCTION. THERE IS NOT A LOT OF
POLICE DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE AN
EMBEDDED CRIMINOLOGIST WORKING
TO BRING TOGETHER ALL OF THE
THINGS IN THE REPORT TOGETHER.
AT SOME POINT, SOMEONE WILL BE
DOING AN AUDIT OF A POLICE
DEPARTMENT. THEY WILL LOOK AT
SEATTLE AND THEY WILL SAY, MAYBE
YOU SHOULD HIRE SOMEONE THAT IS
YOUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HARM
REDUCTION. WE ARE TRYING TO LEAD
AS WELL AS TAKE GOOD FOLLOWSHIP.
I WILL MAKE MY COMMENTS BRIEF.
WE AUTHORED THE SEATTLE CENTRIC
CRIME REDUCTION PLAN. YOU HAVE
SEEN THAT. THAT PLAN HAS THREE
BASIC MODELS TO IT. ONE IS
POLICE LED INITIATIVES. THE
SECOND IS INITIATIVES WORKING
WITH CITY GOVERNMENT INCLUDING
OUR CITY COUNCIL AND EXAMPLES
HAVE ALREADY BEEN LAID OUT WITH
THAT AND THEN OF COURSE WORKING
WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE UNDER
THE LEADERSHIP OF MAYOR BRUCE
HARRELL. I THINK OUR CITY IS
MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
YOU SPOKE ABOUT THE REDUCTIONS
WE ARE SEEING IN SOME OF OUR
VILPT CRIME CATEGORIES ALTHOUGH
ONE LOSS OF LIFE IS TOO MUCH. WE
ALL AGREE ON THAT. IT IS GOOD TO
KNOW THAT WE ARE HEADED IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION. THERE IS STILL
A LOT OF WORK TO DO AROUND CRIME
AND DISORDER. I THINK WE ARE UP
FOR THE TASK. THE THIRD MODEL IS
SUPPORT SERVICES AND MAKING SURE
WE CAN HELP PEOPLE WHO NEED THAT
HELP. WE WILL WORK AND PARTNER
WITH ANYONE IN ORDER TO DO THAT.
YOU HAVE ALREADY GIVEN EXAMPLES
OF THAT. THE LAST THING I WILL
SAY IS OUR STRATEGY IS ABOUT
SUPPORT AND STRATEGIC
CORDINATION OF RESOURCES. MUCH
OF THE EXAMPLES WE WERE GIVING
IN THE RECORD AROUND VIOLENT
CRIME, NO MATTER WHAT YOU CALL
THE PROJECT, WHETHER IT IS IN
MILWAUKEE, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA,
TWO CITIES I'M FAMILIAR WITH,
EACH MODEL IS BASED ON PROBLEM
ORIENTED POLICING. EVERYTHING
THEY DO IS BASED ON THE MODEL.
IT IS THE SCANNING, ANALYSIS,
RESPONSE, ASSESSMENT. AS DR.
HUNT WILL TELL YOU, I ADDED AN
ADDITIONAL ACRONYM. I THINK DR.
GOLD STEEN WOULD BE OKAY WITH
THAT AND THAT IS SUSTAINABILITY.
EVERYTHING WE DO SHOULD BE
SUSTAINED O OVER TIME. SO THAT
WHEN I LEAVE, A CHIEF LEAVES, OR
WHOEVER IT MAY BE, THAT PROJECT
THAT IS GOOD STILL CONTINUES.
THAT IS SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T
SEEN IN PLEASING IN A VERY LONG
TIME. I WILL BE INTERESTED TO
KNOW WHERE THE PROGRAM WILL BE
ONCE THE PROGRAM CHAMPIONS ARE
OVER. SUSTAINABILITY IS A BIG
PART OF WHAT WE ARE DOING NOW IN
BUILDING NOW IN THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU FOR
THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS SOME
OF THE CONCERNS. I WILL TURN IT
OVER TO CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
BRIAN MAXY AND OUR EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF CRIME AND HARM
REDUCTION.
>> BEFORE CHANGING -- ARE YOU
GOING TOSTAY ON THE SAME PAGE? A
YES, FOR A LITTLE WHILE HERE.
>> OKAY.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE.
EVERYONE HAS BEEN DOING GOOD
WITH THE ROUND OF THANK YOUS, I
WANT TO ECHO THAT. THANK YOU FOR
THE AUDITS WE RECEIVED OVER THE
YEARS. WE HAVE 16
RECOMMENDATIONS OUTSTANDING OVER
THE LAST DECADE. SOME OF WHICH
I'M HOPING WE WILL CLOSE OUT IN
2026 ONCE WE HAVE A FULLY
FUNCTIONAL HUMAN RESOURCES AND
PAY ROLL SYSTEM THAT WILL ALLOW
US TO BETTER TRACK OUR OVERTIME.
THANK YOU. IT IS AN HONOR TO BE
AT A TABLE LICK THIS WITH SO
MANY OF THE DEPARTMENTS COMING
TOGETHER WHICH IS A PRIMARY GOAL
OF ALL OF THE AUDITOR'S REPORTS
COMING TOGETHER AND WORKING
TOGETHER. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
VALUES VERY MUCH. A LOT OF THE
RECOMMENDATIONS, NOT ONLY AROUND
PARTNERSHIPS BUT DATA SHARING. I
WANTED TO WITHOUT BELABORING
THIS, I WANTED TO TOUCH ON SOME
TENSEATIVITIES AROUND DATA
SHARING. IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, WE
HAVE INFORMATION, INFORMATION ON
PLACES, PEOPLE, EVENTS,
INCIDENTS, FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS A
LOT OF MEDICAL INFORMATION.
THERE ARE RESTRICTIONS ON
SHARING IT. IN ORDER TO SHARE,
YOU NEED TO TRUST THE PARTNERS
YOU ARE SHARING THE INFORMATION
WITH. WITHIN THE CITY, WE HAVE A
HIGH COMFORT LEVEL. WE HAVE VERY
GOOD RELATIONSHIPS WITH MANY OF
OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS BUT WE ARE
CAUTIOUS ABOUT HOW WE SHARE DATA
AND HOW OPENLY WE DO SO. WE
TALKED ABOUT THIS ON TUESDAY
WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE
REALTIME CRIME CENTER AND THE
INFORMATION AND VIDEOS, AND WHO
HAD ACCESS TO THE DATA. I WANT
TO SAY WE ARE STRIVING HARD TO
BALANCE THE INTERESTS OF
PARTNERSHIPS, INTEGRATION, DATA
SHARING AGAINST THE BACK STOP OF
PRIVACY AND INDIVIDUAL
LIBERTIES. WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL
HOW WE ENTER THE SPACE AND THAT
WE DO SO RESPONSIBLY AND
RESPECTFULLY. I THINK AT THIS
POINT I WILL TURN IT O OVER TO
DR. HUNT, COMMUNITY CRIME
REDUCTION AND I WANT TO ECHO
THIS IS A NEW POSITION FOR THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE
HAVE NEVER HAD A CRIMINOLOGIST
THAT IS BRIDGING BETWEEN THE
ANALYTICS AND OPERATIONAL TEAMS.
IT HAS BEEN A MISSING PIECE AT
THE DEPARTMENT. I'M GRATEFUL TO
HAVE HIM ABOARD. I CONSIDERED
SPD TO BE A VERY DATA INFORMED
ORGANIZATION AND WE ARE STRIVING
TO BECOME MORE DATA DRIVEN OR
EVIDENCE BASED IN OUR PRACTICES.
THE ADDITION OF THIS POSITION IS
REALLY IMPORTANT TO MOVING THE
GOALS FORWARD. I WILL TURN IT
OVER TO DR. HUNT NOW AND COME
BACK LATER.
>> THANK YOU. I WILL FOLLOW THE
SLIDES. I THINK COUNCIL
PRESIDENT YOU HAVE A QUESTION ON
ONE OF THE SLIDES. RIGHT UP
FRONT, IN TERMS OF UNDERSTANDING
GUN VIOLENCE AND WORKING OFF THE
REPORT FROM THE AUDITOR'S
OFFICE, WE ABSOLUTELY ARE IN
ALIGNMENT WITH THE
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE AUDITOR,
PARTICULARLY AROUND THE VISION
THAT WE HAVE AS AN AGENCY AROUND
RECOGNIZING THE HARM THAT GUN
VIOLENCE HAS FOR INDIVIDUALS AND
THE VICTIMS AND FAMILIES AND
THAT WE WORK VERY HARD TO BRING
JUSTICE TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO
HAVE LOST FAMILY MEMBERS DUE TO
GUN VIOLENCE. AS HAS BEEN SPOKEN
OF NUMEROUS TIMES ALREADY, WE
ARE LOOKING TO PARTNER WITH
EVERY CORNER OF THE CITY AND
CITY DEPARTMENTS. A LOT OF WHAT
I HAVE BEEN DOING IN THE FIRST
FIVE MONTHS HAS BEEN GETTING TO
MEET PEOPLE, AND DEVELOPING THE
PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE DEPARTMENT
OF NEIGHBORHOODS, HUMAN
SERVICES, PARKS AND OTHERS TO
FIGURE OTWHAT WE CAN DO TO WORK
TOGETHER TO COLLABORATIVELY
REDUCE AND EFFECT CHANGE IN
TERMS OF VIOLENT CRIME. ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF THAT IS ALL OF THE
ENFORCEMENT SIDE OF GUN CRIMES,
THINGS WE NEED TO DO WORKING
WITH OUR STATE AND FEDERAL
PARTNERS TO ADDRESS THE ILLEGAL
GUN ACTIVITY THAT OCCURS
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND WHAT
WE SEE HERE WITHIN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE. DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION
ON THIS SLIDE?
>> YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO -- SO
USE OF EVIDENCE BASED PROGRAMS,
THAT SECOND SECTION OF THE PAGE,
I DO BELIEVE THAT IS -- SHOULD
BE EVERY DEPARTMENT'S
ASPIRATIONAL GOAL. I WANTED TO
ASK ABOUT THIS FIRST ONE,
PARTNERRING ON PUBLIC HEALTH
VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION PROGRAMS,
TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THAT
IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING. HAVE
THOSE PROGRAMS BEEN EVALUATED
FORMALLY BY HSD OR BY SPD? IT IS
MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE HAS
BEEN THAT QUESTION FROM THE
AUDITOR'S OFFICE FOR MANY
YEARS. I HAD AN AUDIT THAT WAS
CANCELED LAST YEAR. SO HOW ARE
YOU MAKING SURE THOSE ARE
EVIDENCE BASED PROGRAMS? WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT, IT IS ALSO OUR
JOB TO MAKE SURE WE ARE SPENDING
OUR MONEY WISELY?
>> SO WE HAVE BEEN HAVING
MEETINGS WITH HSD AS THEY ARE
BEGINNING TO STAND UP AND YOU
ARE HERE AS WELL. I WILL STOP IN
A SECOND. AS YOU BEGIN TO STAND
UP SOME OF THE WORK, IF YOU ARE
FAMILIAR WITH OPERATION CARE
VIOLENCE, THE CITY OF CHICAGO, A
PUBLIC HEALTH MODEL AROUND
INTERRUPTING VIOLENT CRIME. THEY
CONSIDER VIOLENT CRIME TO BE A
FORM OF CONTAGANT IF YOU WILL.
WE ARE LOOKING TO WORK TO
IMPLEMENT THOSE MODELS. I'LL
STOP AND YOU CAN ADD ON.
>> WE WILL GET INTO A LITTLE
MORE DETAIL BUT WE ARE
COLLABORATING -- THAT'S SOME OF
THE WORK WE ARE DOING. WE WANTED
TO MAKE SURE AS WE DEVELOP THE
NEXT ITERATION OF THE COMMUNITY
SAFETY INVESTMENTS THAT WE ARE
ALIGNING WITH SPD. WE HAVE
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS HERE.
THERE ARE EVIDENCE BASED
STRATEGIES THAT HAVE PROVEN,
DATA THAT SHOWS A DECLINE. ONE
OF THE THINGS THAT IS REALLY
CRITICAL IS GREEING ON THE
FOCUSED POPULATION. THERE IS A
SMALL NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
INVOLVED IN THE MAJORITY OF GUN
VIOLENCE THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING
IN TERMS OF URBAN VIOLENCE. SO I
THINK THAT WE'VE GOT A
DIFFERENT KIND OF ALIGNMENT NOW
WHERE WE ARE GREEING ON NOT ONLY
THE RIGHT POPULATION TO FOCUS
EFFORTS ON AND I KNOW THIS
PLEASES THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE
BUT ALSO BEING CLEAR ABOUT THE
GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION. SO COUPLING
THAT WITH ALL OF THE
APPROPRIATE, EFFECTIVE SERVICES.
SO IT IS NOT AN OPEN CALL, IT'S
GOING TO BE TARGETED SERVICES
AND I WILL DESCRIBE THAT A
LITTLE MORE AS WELL.
>> THOSE ARE FIT INTO THE
COMMUNITY SAFETY INITIATIVE
PROGRAM, RIGHT? OKAY. WE CAN GO
TO THE NEXT SLIDE. I'M NOT
GOING TO READ ALL THESE BUT
THESE ARE DIRECT RESPONSE TO THE
AUDITOR'S REPORT IN TERMS OF
LOOKING AT GUN VIOLENCE PATTERNS
COMING UP. THESE PULLET POINTS
DEAL WITH WHAT IT IS WE HAVE
DONE OR ARE DOING IN TERMS OF
DATA INTEGRATION AND DATA
SHARING. AND OUR WORK BOTH
LOCALLY AS WELL AS AT THE STATE
AND FEDERAL LEVEL. ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT OCCURRED THIS YEAR
IS THE TWICE A WEEK REVIEW
COMMITTEES WITH OUR LOCAL AND
COUNTY PARTNERS TO LOOK AT WHAT
IS DRIVING OUR VIOLENT CRIME IN
TERMS OF THE USE OF GUNS. THEN
WE ARE LOOKING TO BEGIN THE
PROACTIVE PATROL AND OUT REACH.
AND THE EXAMPLE OF LITTLE
SAIGON, THE PLACE BASED WORK.
NEXT SLIDE.
>> ONE THING ON THE DATA SHARING
QUESTIONS, ONE OF THE RECENT
SUCCESSES HAS BEEN THE
COLLABORATION FOR THE ETRACE
DATA ON FIREARMS INTO THE
RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
BEFORE IT WAS ABOUT A SIX WEEK
LAG. WE SEND THE INFORMATION, WE
WAIT, THEY WOULD GET BACK TO US
WHEN THEY COULD AND THEN OUR
DETECTIVES COULD DO THE WORK OF
THE ANALYSIS. ON THIS SLIDE UP
IN THE RIGHT-HAND CORNER, YOU
WILL SEE, THAT IS THE LINK
ANALYSIS. THAT IS SHOWING ALL OF
THE ASSOCIATIONS IN 2025 OF
FIREARMS THAT WE HAVE HAD
INTERACTIONS WITH. THAT SHOWS
YOU HOW INTERCONNECTED
EVERYTHING IS. YOU CAN SEE THE
CLUSTERS IN THERE. WE REMOVED
NAMES FROM THIS BUT THAT IS AN
IMAGE THAT GIVES YOU A SENSE OF
THE INTERCONNECTEDNESS. SO THIS
INTEGRATED SYSTEM ALLOWS US TO
GET THE RESULTS BAG WITHIN 48
HOURS AND DIRECTLY TO THE
DETECTIVE MUCH FASTER ON THE GUN
IDENTIFICATION ASSOCIATION. THEN
WE MOVE INTO THE PEOPLE, PLACE,
INCIDENT INFORMATION. A VERY
SMALL ASIDE, WE ALSO AFTER MANY
YEARS OF TRYING HAVE INTEGRATED
THE LEAD DATA BASE SYSTEM INTO
THE RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
THIS MEANS WHEN AN OFFICER
ENCOUNTERS SOMEONE ON THE
STREET, THEY CAN TELL DIRECTLY
IF THE PERSON IS PARTICIPATING
IN LEAD AND CAN GET A REFERRAL
THERE WITHOUT HAVING TO JUST
TRUST WHEN THE PERSON CLAIMS TO
BE A PART OF LEAD AND THEN
STRUGGLE TO FIND SOMEONE TO
CONNECT WITH. THAT GIVES THE
OFFICERS THE INFORMATION THEY
NEED MUCH MORE QUICKLY.
>> NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE?
>> WE TALKED ABOUT COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT, PARTNERSHIPS ACROSS
THE CITY DEPARTMENTS WITHIN SPD.
WE ARE REALLY FOG FD ON BUILDING
A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, BUILDING
THE COMMUNITY TRUST AND BUILDING
THE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES THAT
CAN DO THE MOST IN DETERRING AND
REDOUSING CRIME BY THE POSITIVE
THINGS THEY HAVE AVAILABLE TO
THEM. ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE
DOING IS EXPANDING OUR CRIME
PREVENTION COORDINATOR IS TO
WORK MORE IN THE COMMUNITIES AS
WELL AS THE CHIEF AUTHORIZED OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICER TRIAL
PROGRAM WHICH WE ARE DOINGANE
MAGNUSON. WE ARE HOPING TO STAFF
UP AND HAVE DEDICATED OFFICERS
IN EACH NEIGHBORHOOD THROUGHOUT
THE CITY IN SPECIFIC AREAS.
LASTLY FOR ME, IN TERMS OF SOME
OF OUR GUN VIOLENCE FOR 2025,
JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, WE ARE
DOWN 18% ON SHOTS FIRED,
NONFATAL SHOOTINGS ARE DOWN 32%.
HOMICIDES ARE DOWN 21%. WE ARE
WORKING HARD TO SEIZE AND TAKE
GUNS OFF THE STREETS. RIGHT NOW
WE ARE ON PACE TO EXCEED LAST
YEAR IN TERMS OF THOSE THINGS
AND GETTING THE ILLICIT GUNS OFF
THE STREET ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO
US.
>> THANK YOU.
>> IT IS 3:30. PLEASE REMEMBER,
IF YOU CAN IDENTIFY THE
RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU ARE
SPEAKING TO. AS YOU ARE GOING
FORWARD.
>> I WILL TRY TO BE BRIEF.
TURNING TO ORGANIZED RETAIL
CRIME, WE IN 2024, IN DECEMBER,
WE ASSIGNED A NEW DETECTIVE WHO
I HAD THE PLEASURE OF
COMMUNICATING WITH OVER THE LAST
WEEK, WE HAVE MANY TALENTED
PEOPLE AT THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT. THIS PERSON HAS A
LEVEL OF PASSION THAT IS
EXEMPLARY. SINCE DECEMBER 2024,
I MEPGZED THE KING COUNTY
PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE AND THEIR
CHECK LIST. THAT HAS BEEN
INTEGRATED INTO THE MANUAL. IT
HAS BEEN INTEGRATED INTO THE
WELCOME LETTER TO NEW RETAILERS
WHO WANT TO SIGN UP AS WELL AS
THEY ARE GIVEN A HAND BOOK AND
ANOTHER DOCUMENT THAT EXPLAINS
WHAT WE NEED FROM THEM, HOW TO
HAVE A SUCCESSFUL PROSECUTION
OUT OF A RETAIL THEFT REPORT.
THE RETAIL THEFT REPORT HAS BEEN
IN EXISTENCE SINCE 1989 WITH
DIFFERING LEVELS OF FOCUS. WE
ARE HIGHLY FOCUSED NOW. WE ARE
CONDUCTING ONE TO TWO RETAIL
OPERATIONS A MONTH. THIS IS WITH
THE DETECTIVE WHO IS ASSIGNED TO
ORGANIZED RETAIL CRIME AND
WORKING WITH THE GENERAL
INVESTIGATION UNIT. THERE WERE
11 OPERATIONS IN 2025 THAT
RESULTED IN 24 FELONY CASES, S
178 INCIDENTS. THAT IS MANY MORE
INCIDENTS THAN FELONY. THERE
WERE 150 MISDEMEANOR CASES
BROUGHT TO THE CITY'S ATTORNEY
OFFICE. THIS DETECTIVE HAVE BEEN
COORDINATING WITH THE PRECINCTS,
ALL PRECINCTS EXCEPT WEST. THE
ONLINE REPORTING SYSTEM THAT WE
REPLACED TWO YEARS AGO FOR
GENERAL LOW-LEVEL PROPERTY CRIME
REPORTING, WE DID NOT UPDATE THE
RETAIL THEFT MODULE OF THE
SYSTEM AT THAT TIME BECAUSE WE
DIDN'T HAVE THE FUNDING. IT IS
SOMETHING WE ARE INTERESTED IN
DOING. WE ARE EXPLORING NEW
SYSTEMS ON THE MARKET WITH THE
SUPPORT OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
IF WE CAN GET BETTER ONLINE
RECORDING AND MORE IMPORTANTLY
FOR RETAIL THEFT, REALLY
ACCELERATE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE
REPORTING AND AUTOMATION OF THE
REPORTING, WE CAN MOVE THINGS
FASTER AND GET MORE INFORMATION.
I THINK THE DETECTIVE HAS
OVERHAULED ALL OF THE MANUALS
AND PROCESSES BASED ON THE
INFORMATION FROM THE COUNTY
PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE. WE
REGULARLY ARE MEETING WITH THE
WASHINGTON ORGANIZED REGIONAL
CRIME ASSOCIATION AND THE RETAIL
HEDERS ASSOCIATION AS WELL AS
COUNTY PARTNERSHIPS. THOSE ARE
IN EXISTENCE. WE ARE PUSHING
HARD ON THEM AND USING THEM AS A
FORCE MULTIPLIER TO BE MORE
EFFECTIVE IN THIS SPACE.
THERE'S A LOT GOING ON. THE
ONLY OTHER THING I WANTED TO
BRIEFLY ADDRESS WAS THE
PARTNERSHIP AROUND DRUG
TRAFFICKING WHICH IS THE
NORTHWEST PIDA, THE DRUG
TRAFFICKING AREA, A FEDERAL
PROGRAM THAT IS REGIONAL IN
NATURE. WE ARE ABLE TO FOCUS ON
NARCOTICS ACTIVITY WITHIN THE
WESTERN STATES. WHAT'S
IMPORTANT ABOUT THIS IS BY
PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROGRAM,
NOT ONLY DO WE GET TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE, WE GET MONETARY
SUPPORT. IF THEY PURCHASE ONE OF
OUR THREE NARCOTICS DOGS, THEY
HAVE TRAINING MATERIALS. THEY
ALSO HAVE WHAT I PERCEIVE TO BE
A DECONFLICTION DATA BASE.
WHAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT THIS IS
IF SOMEONE IS INVOLVED IN
NARCOTICS ACTIVITIES, THERE ARE
MANY JURISDICTIONS CONVENING ON
THE INDIVIDUALS AND YOU MIGHT
NOT KNOW THAT OTHERS ARE IN
PLAY. WHAT THIS SYSTEM DOES IS
ALLOW DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS,
AGENCIES TO COME TOGETHER AND
DECONFLICT THE EFFORTS TO ENSURE
THAT WHOEVER HAS THE MOST
SUCCESSFUL CASE OR BEST APPROACH
GETS TO TAG THE LEAD. WE
PARTICIPATE REGULARLY IN THIS.
THAT REGIONAL CORDINATION ALLOWS
US TO GAIN INFORMATION. WE ARE
CONFIDENT THAT IT IS WITHIN THE
CITY.
>> I JUST WANT TO NOTE.
UNFORTUNATELY, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
HAS TO STEP OUT BUT I THINK THIS
WORK GLOBALLY AND THE WORK WE
ARE DOING WITH NORTHWEST IS
DIRECT T LERESPONSIVE TO THE
RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE AUDIT AND
SOMETHING THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT
WAS REALLY FOCUSED ON. AGAIN, WE
ARE STILL DEVELOPING AND GROWING
THE RELATIONSHIP BUT WE BELIEVE
WE ARE MOVING TOWARDS THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
RECOMMENDATION.
>> I UNDERSTAND THAT POINT. THAT
IS VERY IMPORTANT. I ALSO FIND
VERY IMPORTANT ANYTHING TO MAKE
REPORTING BETTER, EASIER BECAUSE
I'M SURE ALL OF US HAVE
EXPERIENCED WHERE PEOPLE ARE NO
LONGER REPORTING BECAUSE OF
FRUSTRATIONS. FOR DATA DRIVEN
DECISION MAKING, WE HAVE TO
ENSURE THE DATA IS UP TO SPEED
KW GETTING THE REPORTING SQUARED
AWAY IS GREAT. THANK YOU FOR
THAT.
>> OKAY. HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT. WE DON'T HAVE AS
MUCH DATA TO PRESENT BUT I WILL
GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR
COMMUNITY SAFETY EFFORTS,
SPECIFICALLY WITH THE SCHOOLS
THAT WE ARE WORKING IN AND THE
NEIGHBORHOODS AND PLACE BASED
STRATEGIES WE ARE DEVELOPING AS
WELL. JUST AS A REMINDER, WE
HAVE MADE A COMMITMENT TO
SUPPORT 11 HIGH SCHOOLS AND
MIDDLE SCHOOLS THAT HAD DATA
SHOWING THAT THEY WERE MOST
IMPACTED BY CRIME AND VIOLENCE
IN THE IMMEDIATE SURROUNDING
AREAS. WE IDENTIFIED THOSE 11
SCHOOLS. THIS FALL, WE ARE
PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE
HAVE, OF THE 11, 7 SCHOOLS WILL
HAVE VIOLENCE INTERVENTION, SAFE
PASSAGES AND CASE MANAGEMENT
SERVICES. I WILL NOTE, A NOD TO
CLAUDIA THAT SAFE PASSAGE IS
REDS DNS BASED. WE ARE TAKING
THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND APPLYING
TO THE SCHOOL AS EACH SCHOOL'S
INDIVIDUAL NEEDS AND WHAT THE
SERVICES ARE. IN ADDITION, WE
ARE NOT SERVING, ALTHOUGH WE
WILL BE PRESENT, OUR COMMUNITY
BASED PROVIDERS ARE FOCUSING ON
STUDENTS WHO WOULD MOST BENEFIT
FROM THESE SERVICES AS WELL IN
TERMS OF CASE MANAGEMENT AND THE
VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION. AGAIN,
DATA INFORMED. THERE ARE FOUR
REMAINING. WE WILL CONTINUE TO
ROLL THOSE OUT THROUGHOUT THE
SCHOOL YEAR. SO THAT IS A PRETTY
BIG FEAT. THIS IS A NEW
INITIATIVE FOR THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT. WE ARE
WORKING ALONG SIDE WITH SPD,
SCHOOL DISTRICTS, INDIVIDUAL
SCHOOLS, LEADERSHIP ET CETERA.
AND OF COURSE COMMUNITY MEMBERS
WHO ARE MOST IMPACTED. I WILL
ALSO MENTION AND WE WILL GO INTO
FURTHER DETAIL LATER ON BECAUSE
WE HAVE AN INVITATION TO JOIN
THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE IN
SEPTEMBER. WE WILL BE BACK WITH
CHAIR KETTLE AT THAT COMMITTEE.
WE ARE REDEFINING, LOOKING AT
OUR COMMUNITY SAFETY
INVESTMENTS. THAT HAS A LONG
HISTORY WITH THE CITY AUDITOR'S
OFFICE AS WELL AND THE WORK THAT
THEY HAVE DONE FOR RESOLUTIONS
IN TERMS OF SAFETY. WE LEARNED A
LOT THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AS
WELL. WE NEED TO TAKE THE
INFORMATION AND MAKE SURE IT IS
COMMUNITY BASED AND INFORMED. IT
IS BASED ON PREVENTING
DISRUPTIONS. WHAT YOU WILL SEE
IS CONCENTRATED EFFORTS AROUND
PREVENTION, INTERVENTION, AND
RESTORATION STRATEGIES UNDER ONE
COHESIVE MODEL. RIGHT NOW WE
HAVE A LOT OF IMPORTANT PARTNERS
IN THE COMMUNITY DOING IMPORTANT
WORK BUT IT IS NOT UNDER ONE
COHESIVE UMBRELLA WITH SHARED
PERFORMANCE METRICS AND SHARED
TRAININGS EVEN. WE ARE SHIFTING
THE WAY WE ARE DOING BUSINESS
BECAUSE OF THE LEARNING THAT WE
HAVE EXPERIENCED THROUGHOUT THE
LAST 10 YEARS. I THINK THERE HAS
BEEN A LOT OF EVALUATION IN THE
AREA. I WANT T TO NOTE THAT HSD
BECAUSE OF THIS WORK NEEDS TO BE
MORE ROBUST, WE ARE INVESTING IN
OUR OWN CAPABILITIES. WE HIRED
THE FIRST RESEARCHER, PUBLIC
HEALTH HPD WHO HAS BEEN WITH HSD
FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
IT'S THE FIRST I KNOW OF IN THE
PAST 15 YEARS THAT WE ARE ALSO
DEVELOPING A ROBUST DATA BASE SO
OUR PROVIDERS CAN DO REFERRALS.
THAT'S SEAMILOUS AND WE CAN
TRACK PERFORMANCE MEASURES TO
REPORT ON THE DASHBOARD. THAT
RIGHT NOW IS NOT DONE. IN
ADDITION, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE
VERY CLEARLY DEFINED ROLES AND
EXPECTATIONS NOT ONLY WITH KEY
STAKEHOLDERS CURRENTLY AROUND
THE TABLE BUT WITH COMMUNITIES
WE ARE WORKING WITH. IT WILL BE
TRANSPARENT IN TERMS OF WHAT ARE
THE BEST PRACTICES THAT ARE
COORDINATED, ACCOUNTABLE AND WE
NEED TO BE AGILE. I KNOW WE
TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME
OF THE SHIFTS AND ALSO WHAT'S
HAPPENING IN THE DRUG SCENE.
THAT IS TRUE FOR URBAN VIOLENCE
AS WELL. WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO
LOOK AT THE DATA AND SHIFT SOME
OF THE STRATEGIES. IF IT IS NOT
WORKING, WE HAVE TO BE HONEST
AND MOVE ON TO SOMETHING THAT IS
WORKING AND INVEST MORE IN THAT.
THAT IS A LITTLE UPDATE. WE WILL
HAVE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL TO
GET THE INVESTMENTS. WE ARE
STILL DOING SOME GOOD THINKING
WITH OUR PARTNERS AT SPD. DR.
HUNT HAS BEEN AN IMPORTANT
COLLEAGUE AT THE TABLE WITH US.
REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK WE
ARE DEFINING. I WANT TO SHOUTOUT
TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. IT IS
IMPORTANT THAT WE INVOLVE KEY
FOLKS. LASTLY, I THINK THAT WE
TALKED A LOT ABOUT PLACE BASED
STRATEGIES. WE DISCUSSED AT
COMMITTEE AND YOU HAVE DISCUSSED
THIS A LOT AROUND AURORA BUT
COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
CAME UP THIS YEAR. AND THE MAYOR
ADDED $2 MILLION INTO HSD'S
BUDGET. WHY THIS IS APPLICABLE
IS ONE OF THE CALLOUTS WAS WE
NEEDED TO MAKE SURE IN OUR OWN
VICTIM ADVOCACY WORK, WE WERE
WORKING IN CONCERT WITH SPD WITH
THE WORK THAT WAS HAPPENING IN
REALTIME. WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
INCREASE OUR FTE THERE TO
SUPPORT AFTER HOURS AND OFFER
IMMEDIATE SUPPORTS. THE SK IS TO
INVEST S EXPANDED SERVICE
COMMUNITY. THAT WAS IN
COLLABORATION WITH COUNCIL THAT
PROVIDED GUIDANCE. WE CLOSED THE
PROCESS. THE ANNOUNCEMENT WILL
BE MADE AUGUST 25th IN TERMS OF
AWARDEES. THERE IS EVERYTHING
FROM EXPANDED BEDS TO THE
APPROPRIATE SERVICES. THAT LEANS
INTO HOW DO WE SUPPORT IN THIS
COMPLEX ECOSYSTEM OF THE VARIOUS
TYPES OF VIOLENCE. CFC IS
SPECIFIC AND I WANTED TO GIVE
YOU AN UPDATE ON THAT. WITH
THAT, WE WILL START TALKING
ABOUT PUBLIC HEALTH AND HSD'S
INVOLVEMENT IN THAT SPACE AS
WELL.
>> OKAY. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY
THANK YOU AND WE WILL AS YOU
KNOW SEPTEMBER 23rd HAVE YOU AND
THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
BECAUSE THAT SEAM BETWEEN PUBLIC
SAFETY AND HUMAN SERVICEICIZE
VERY IMPORTANT T YOURSELF AND
MS. GORMAN ALWAYS WELCOME TO
JOIN US FOR THAT MEETING.
>> IT MIGHT BE DR. HUNT TOO.
>> OKAY. I'M NOTICING THAT YOUR
SLIDES ARE DIFFERENT THAN MY
PAPER SLIDES. ANYWAYS, I'M ALSO
HANDING THE CHAIRMANSHIP BACK TO
COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I'M HERE WITH JUST A BRIEF
OVER VIEW OF HSD'S PUBLIC
HEALTH INVESTMENTS. IN THE
CONTEXT OF THE ISSUES WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT ACROSS THESE THREE
AUDITS. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
PUBLIC HEALTH AT HSD, WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.
I WANT T TOING A NUDGE THAT
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONCERNS ARE
THE BACKDROP TO ALMOST ALL OF
THE RECOMMENDATIONS AGGREGATED
ACROSS THE AUDITS. I WON'T BE
REFERRING TO ANY SPECIFIC
RECOMMENDATION IN MY OVER VIEW
BUT I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
IT IS THE BACKGROUND. IT IS VERY
PRESENT. AND HSD'S BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH INVESTMENTS WILL GO
TOWARDS ADDRESSING THEM. HSD'S
PUBLIC HEALTH INVESTMENTS ARE
TARGETED TO REDUCE DISPARITIES
IN HEALTH AND TO GIVE ACCESS TO
CHEMICAL AND DEPENDENCY SERVICES
IN LINE WITH CITY PRIORITIES.
OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS,
HSD INVESTMENTS HAVE SUPPORTED
INCREASED CAPACITY. THE FIRST
RESPONDERS HAVE SOMEWHERE TO
TAKE PEOPLE IN NEED. MY
COLLEAGUES WILL HAVE MORE TO SAY
ABOUT THAT COMING UP. HSD CAME
TO HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
COMMITTEE A FEW MONTHS AGO WITH
AN OVERVIEW OF OUR CONTRACT WITH
PUBLIC HEALTH OF SEATTLE IN KING
COUNTY. WE SHARED THE DOLLAR
LEVEL OF OUR SUPPORT FOR SUD
ACCESS AND TREATMENT IN THAT
CONTRACT HAS INCREASED 244%.
HRGS SD HOLDS TWO OTHER
CONTRACTS FOR INNOVATIVE PILOT
PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE IMMEDIATE
ENTRY INTO DETOX AND TREATMENT
WITH THE REFERRAL OF A FIRST
RESPONDER OR CASE MANAGER. GOING
BACK TO AN OBSERVATION THAT
LEANDRO MADE, THIS PROGRAM HAS
VALUE NOT ONLY TO THOSE
RECEIVING HELP BUT TO COMMUNITY
MEMBERS. ALSO PROVIDES
OPERATIONAL SUPPORT TO THE
DOWNTOWN EMERGENCY SERVICES
CENTER. THE CENTER WILL OPEN
VERY SOON PROVIDING 24/7
SPECIALIZED MEDICAL ATTENTION
AND CONNECTIONS TO CARE FOR
THOSE WHO HAVE SURVIVED AN
OVERDOSE. THESE ARE SOME OF THE
HIGHLIGHTS THAT EMPHASIZE OUR
COLLABORATION WITH INTERNAL AND
EXTERNAL PROVIDERS TO MEET THE
NEED THAT COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE
IDENTIFIED. HSD IS HAPPY TO
FOLLOW UP WITH ANY ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ABOUT THESE
INVESTMENTS BUT IN THE INTEREST
OF TIME I WILL TURN IT OVER TO
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
>> OKAY. CAN I POP IN FOR ONE
SECOND? COUNCIL PRESIDENT NOW
THAT YOU ARE BACK, I WANTED TO
ADDRESS ONE THING,
RECOMMENDATION 7 ON THE OVERDOSE
AUDIT. IT CALLED FOR AN
ESTABLISHMENT OF A JOINT LAW
ENFORCEMENT TASK FRS FOR
FATALOVER DOSES. WE HAVE BEEN
ENGAGED SINCE 202 # IN AN
OVERDOSE FATALITY REVIEW BOARD
WITH THE OFFICE OF MEDICAL. SO
THIS BOARD INCLUDES EXECUTIVE
LEVEL REPRESENT TATION FROM THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE AND NOW HSD. IT
INCLUDES SPD SERGEANT T SITS ON
THE BOARD, PROSECUTORS, OTHER
LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL AS
WELL AS PUBLIC HEALTH AND SUFBS
PROVIDERS. SO THE PURPOSE OF THE
BOARD IS TO LOOK AT A SUBSET OF
FATALITIES EVERY MONTH AND COME
UP WITH SYSTEMIC RECOMMENDATION
TO FLOW FROM THE FATALITIES. OUR
VALLEY CITY CONTRACT THAT WE ARE
NOW ENGAGED IN IS A DIRECT
CORRELATION TO AN OCTOBER
MEETING THAT WE HAD WITH THE
OVERDOSE BOARD. SO IT IS NOT
NECESSARILY A LAW ENFORCEMENT
TASK FORCE. THERE IS WORK WE ARE
ENGAGED IN BUT WE THINK IT HITS
THE NEED FOR AN ALL DISCIPLINE
TASK FORCE ENTITY THAT WOULD
LEARN FROMOVER DOSES AND DEVELOP
POLICIES THAT WOULD ADDRESS THE
SYSTEMIC ISSUES THEY PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU. I DON'T KNOW IF I
ALREADY SAID THIS. THERE WERE I
BELIEVE 162 FATALITIES IN
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
101 OF THOSE WERE OVERDOSES. SO
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO DRILL
DOWN ON THIS. I REALLY WANT TO
SEE PROGRESS ON THAT. I BELIEVE
INVESTIGATING OVERDOSES AS
TRAFFICKING CRIME, THAT CAN HELP
US MOVE UP THE CHAIN OF DRUG
DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS.
>> AND THERE WERE SRNL EFFORTS
TO TAKE A STAB AT THAT AT THE
STATE LEVEL, LEGISLATIVELY. THAT
DID NOT WORK BUT WE HEAR YOU
LOUD AND CLEAR AND IT IS
SOMETHING WE ARE LOOKING AT.
>> THANKS.
>> I THINK I'M THE LAST
PRESENTATION AND I WILL BE BRIEF
AND HAND IT TO JOHN TO COVER THE
DETAILS IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. WHAT I
WANT TO DO IS GIVE AN O OVER
VIEW OF OUR INTEGRATED HEALTH
PROGRAM. HEALTH 99, HEALTH 98
AND OUR RESPONSE TO OVERDOSES,
THAT'S JUST ONE PART OF OUR
TEAM. OUR TEAM IS MADE UP OF
HEALTH ONE WHICH HAS BEEN IN
SERVICE FOR FIVE YEARS. WE HAVE
CASE MANAGERS. I THINK WE WILL
HAVE TEN. WE HAVE A NURSE
PRACTITIONER AND FIREFIGHTERS.
IT IS A TEAM APPROACH TO
ADDRESSING THESE PROBLEMS. THE
FOLKS AROUND THE TABLE HERE, ALL
OF OUR PARTNERS, ALONG WITH SO
MANY MORE. JOHN IS GOING TO GET
INTO OUR OVERDOSE RESPONSE AND
ALL OF THE PARTNERSHIPS WE HAVE.
IT IS A WIDER RING THAN JUST
THAT FOCUS WHEN WE RESPOND
TOOVER DOSES . I WILL GIVE IT TO
YOU.
>> THANK YOU, CHIEF. I'M GOING
TO HIGHLIGHT VERY BRIEFLY THE
WORK WE HAVE DONE OVER THE LAST
TWO YEARS ON THE OVERDOSE FRONT
AND WHERE WE ARE GOING. RIGHT
NOW HEALTH 99 IS OUR OVERDOSE
RESPONSE UNIT. WE HELD THAT UP
IN 2023, IN RESPONSE TO THE
SUDDEN SPIKE IN FENTANYL
OVERDOSES. IT IS A
MULTIDISCIPLINARY UNIT. WE STAFF
IT WITH FIREFIGHTERS, CASE
MANAGERS FROM HSD AND NOW A
NURSE PRACTITIONER FROM HARBOR
VIEW. IT IS IN SERVICE 50 HOURS
A WEEK. OVERDOSES HAPPEN 24/7
AND WE ARE THINKING HOW WE CAN
EXPAND THIS SERVICE. BUT RIGHT
NOW 50 HOURS A WEEK FOR OVERDOSE
RESPONSE AND FOLLOW UP. THE
FOLLOW UP IS PARTICULARLY
IMPORTANT. WE LURPED WE RARELY
MOVE THE NEEDLE WITH A SINGLE
INTERVENTION. WE NEED LONGTERM
CASE MANAGEMENT TO REALLY MOVE
THINGS FORWARD. THE GOAL OF THIS
TEAM IS TO PROVIDE PEOPLE WITH
CONNECTIONS WITH THOSE WITH
OPIOID OVERDOSES AND A RANGE OF
OTHER SERVICES. I WANT TO TALK
ABOUT HOT SPOTTING. AS WAS
MENTIONED EARLIER, SOME OF THE
HOT SPOTS EXTREMELY PERSISTENT.
I THINK YOU CAN LOOK AT THE MAP
OF FIVE YEARS AGO AND STILL SEE
SOME OF THEM. SOME ARE MORE
TEMPORAL AND POP IN AND POP OUT.
WE HAVE HOT SPOTS IN EVERY
COUNCIL DISTRICT. WE ARE ABLE TO
FOLLOW THESE IN PRETTY MUCH
REALTIME. I WILL SAY ALTHOUGH
THIS MAP IS INTERNALLY
GENERATED, GERMANE TO THE
AUDITOR TFS FINDING NUMBER 5, WE
ARE FEEDING OUR DATA INTO THE OD
MAP PROGRAM. CURRENTLY ONE OF
THE BIG FOCUSES FOR US ON
THEOVER DOSE PREVENTION FRONT IS
THE SABOX OWN, A MEDICATION FOR
OPIOID USE DISORDER. IT CAN
REDUCE WITHDRAWAL CRAVINGS,
PROVIDES PROTECTION AND A RAMP
TO LONGTERM TREATMENT. IN
FEBRUARY OF THE YEAR, IT WAS THE
FIRST PARAMEDIC PROGRAM IN
WASHINGTON STATE TO START THE
PROGRAM. WE STARTED THE FIRST
EMT BUF FORFRN PROGRAM. WE ARE
STILL THE ONLY ONE IN THE
COUNTRY DOING THAT. AS OF
YESTERDAY, WE ADMINISTERED THE
DRUG 99 TIMES WHICH IS A
PROPITIOUS NUMBER FOR US. WE
WILL BE T AT 100 SOON. WE ARE
SEEING PHENOMENAL RESULTS. WE
ARE KEEPING THIS TRAFFIC OUT OF
THE HARBOR VIEW ED. WE ARE ABLE
TO TAKE THEM TO THERAPEUTIC
LOCATIONS. THE WHY ON THIS IS
BUPREN ORFINE WORKS AND REDUCES
FATALITY BY 50%. THERE ARE
BASICALLY NO OTHER DRUGS THEY
GIVE IN THE ED THAT ARE
EFFECTIVE IN REDUCING MORTALITY.
IT IS A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY IN
EMS, PEOPLE OFTEN ASK WHY DON'T
YOU SEND PEOPLE TO HOSPITALS TO
GET MEDICATIONS, THE ANSWER IS
THERE ARE TOO MANY BARRIERS. WE
ARE THERE, WE KNOW WHERE THE
OVERDOSES ARE. WE CAN GET ON
SEEN AND START TREATMENT
QUICKLY. WE ARE FOLLOWING THE
LITERATURE HERE. AUDITOR'S
RECOMMENDATION NUMBER 8, ALONG
WITH SAMSA. SOME IN PATIENT
TREATMENTS , NONM.O.U.D.
STRATEGIES, COMPARATIVELY WEAK
ER ER. WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO
FOLLOW THE SCHOLARY DIRECTION
HERE AND FILL GAPS WE ARE SEEING
IN REAL TIME. VERY LASTLY,
REGARDING OUR PARTNERSHIP IN
COMMUNITY BASED PROGRAMS, THIS
ABUTTS A LITTLE WITH
RECOMMENDATION NUMBER 4. IT IS
NOT A FORMAL CORDINATION BUT WE
DO A LOT OF CORDINATION WITH A
COMMUNITY BASED HEALTH PARTNERS.
WE ARE PARTICIPATING INTEGRALY
WITH THE NEW ORCA CENTER. IN
ADDITION TO THE FIXED LOCATION
OF THE ORGA CENTER THAT WILL BE
COMING ON LINE NEXT MONTH, THEY
HAVE A PATIENT OUT REACH SUFBS
THAT WILL BRING THESE SERVICES
TO A COMMUNITY PLACE BASED
LOCATION. WE HAVE SEEN
TREMENDOUS SUCCESS THERE. WE
PARTNER WITH THE STREET MEDICINE
TEAM. WE HAVE GOOD RELATIONSHIPS
WITH EVERGREEN TREATMENT
SERVICES. FOR THE SUBSET OF
CLIENTS FOR WHOM IN PATIENT
SERVICES ARE INDICATED OR THEY
ARE INTERESTED, WE ARE
PARTNERRING WITH VALLEY CITY AND
SEEING SUCCESS THERE. WE ARE
REALLY HERE TO CONTINUE
EXPANDING ON WHAT WORKS.
>> THANK YOU, CHIEF. NEXT MONTH
WE WILL HOLD A POP UP CLINIC TO
BRIDGE PEOPLE TO LONG ACTING
INJECTIBLE BUENTREPRENEUR FN. IT
IS VERY HARD TO ACCESS THESE. WE
WILL BING IT TO THE COMMUNITY
AND DO A POP UP WITH A COUPLE OF
COMMUNITY PARTNERS. WE WILL SET
UP SHOP WHERE THE CLIENTELE ARE
AND WE WILL OFFER A LOW BRIDGE
TO THE TREATMENT. HOPEFULLY IF
SUCCESSFUL, THIS WILL BE THE
GERM OF A SCALABLE AND
REPLICABLE MODEL GOING FORWARD.
>> I KNOW WE HAVE GONE LONG. I
APOLOGIZE, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US ALL
HERE. IT IS REALLY VALUABLE TO
DO THIS TOGETHER. WE WILL SUBMIT
TO YOU A MORE FORMAL LETTER THAT
WILL MORE SPECIFICALLY DETAIL
HOW ALL OF THIS CORRELATES TO
THE RECOMMENDATIONS. WE BELIEVE
WE ARE CLOSE TO IMPLEMENTATION
ON THE VAST MAJORITY OF THIS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL
OF YOU BEING HERE. I'M NOT
QUITE DONE. I WANTED TO GIVE OUR
AUDITORS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
RESPOND AND SUGGEST PATHS
FORWARD BECAUSE WE ARE ALWAYS
TRYING TO IMPROVE OUR WORK. IT
IS CLEAR YOU ARE REPRESENTING
ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS HERE. YOU
ARE DOING EXTREMELY GOOD WORK. I
WANT TO MENTION TWO THINGS THAT
CAME TO MY ATTENTION TODAY.
CHIEF SCOGGINS, I DID GET PHOTOS
FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE
FIREFIGHTERS UNION THAT SHOW
THERE WERE THREE SHOTS IN THE
DOWNTOWN, THROW BULLET HOLES IN
THE DOWNTOWN -- WHAT WAS IT,
UPTOWN 37? I HOPE ALL OF URSTAFF
ARE OKAY. AGAIN, GUN VIOLENCE ET
CETERA. AND THEN CHRIS MACKAY
WHO IS THE HEAD OF THE D.I.A.
LET ME KNOW THERE WAS AN ARMED
ROBBERY IN A JEWELRY STORE IN
CENTRAL WEST SEATTLE. SO AGAIN,
GUNS, ET CETERA. WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE WE ARE DOING ABSOLUTELY
EVERYTHING. THE AUDITOR'S
OFFICE DOES NOT PRODUCE THESE
AUDITS FOR FUN OR TO JUST SIT ON
A SHELF. THEY DO IT SO WE HAVE A
ROAD MAP TO DO ADDITIONAL
THINGS. AGAIN, IT'S NOT -- YOUR
AUDITS DON'T POINT OUT WHAT'S
NOT HAPPENING. YOU GO THE EXTRA
MILE AND RESEARCH WHAT IS GOING
ON ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND
SUGGEST ADDITIONAL THINGS WE CAN
DO. MANY OF THOSE THINGS IS TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF RESOURCES RIGHT
HERE FROM OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS
THAT WON'T COST US ANY MONEY. I
WANT TO ENCOURAGE THAT WORK
HAPPENING. I WILL GIVE YOU THE
LAST WORD.
>> OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU TO ALL
OF THE XEGATIVE DEPARTMENTS FOR
ALL OF THIS GREAT WORK. I TALKED
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BUILDING
MUSCLE MEMORY. SO GHAD TO SEE
THAT WE ARE DOING THAT AS A CITY
AND BUILDING THE MEMORY FOR
COORDINATING AMONG CITY
DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER GOVERNMENT
ENTITIES LIKE KING COUNTY. WHEN
YOU GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY,
THE CITY DOESN'T KNOW THAT THE
CITY DOES THIS, THE COUNTY DOES
THAT. THEY SEE US ALL AS
GOVERNMENT. IT IS GREAT TO SEE
WE ARE BUILDING MUSCLE MEMORY TO
COORDINATE. I APPRECIATE THAT
THERE WILL BE A DETAILED REPORT
COMING TO THE CITY COUNCIL THAT
DOES A CROSSWALK WITH THE
RECOMMENDATION AND PROGRESS.
THERE WAS A LOT IN YOUR SLIDES.
SOME OF IT I KNOW ARE THINGS
THAT ARE ACTUALLY HAPPENING. AND
SOME OF IT SEEMED MIGHT BE
ASPIRATIONAL. I THINK THE
CROSSWALK WILL HELP US
UNDERSTAND WHAT IS ACTUALLY
HAPPENING AND WHAT IS
ASPIRATIONAL. AND CHIEF BARNES
HAD TO LEAVE BUT I REALLY
APPRECIATE THAT HE MENTIONED
PROBLEM ORIENTED POLICING WHICH
IS AN EVIDENCE BASED STRATEGY
THAT WE HAVE NOT BUILT A LOT OF
MUSCLE MEMORY IN IN SEATTLE. I
LOVE THE FACT THAT WE CALLED OUT
SUSTAINABILITY AS ANOTHER PIECE
OF IT. I WILL SAY IN THE SOUTH
PRECINCT FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE
COUNCIL MEMBER SOLOMON'S
DISTRICT IS, SINCE 2013, THERE
HAVE BEEN 13 CAPTAINS OF THE
SOUTH PRECINCT SINCE 2013. MANY
OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE THE
SAME BUT THERE HAVE BEEN 13
CAPTAINS. SUSTAINABILITY IS SO
IMPORTANT WHEN THERE IS
ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE IN CITY
LEADERSHIP. I'M GLAD TO SEE
THAT HAPPENING AS WELL, THANK
YOU.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT I WANT TO
SAY AND TO THE MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC, WOOL KEEP FOLLOWING UP
ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS AS WE
ALWAYS DO UNTIL IT IS CLEAR THEY
HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED OR THEY
ARE STILL WORKING ON THEM OR
THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE DONE
FOR SOME REASON. JUST WANT TO
ASSURE THE PUBLIC AND THE
COUNCIL THAT WE WILL KEEP BIRD
DOGGING THESE THINGS UNTIL IT IS
CLEAR WHAT HAS HAPPENED OR NOT
HAPPENED.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT NOTE. I
WANT TO RECOGNIZE FOR OUR
COLLEAGUES THAT THIS MIGHT BE
MR. JONES, CITY AUDITOR JONES,
YOUR LAST PRESENTATION IN
CHAMBERS OR AT THE TABLE BECAUSE
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WILL BE AT
OUR SEPTEMBER 9, 11 MEETING BUT
YOU WILL BE RETIRING SOON. SO
YOU HAVE BEEN THE FORCE BEHIND A
LOT OF THE GOOD WORK WE HAVE
HEARD ABOUT TODAY. SO THANK YOU
FOR COMING.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT. I WANT TO TAKE MY HAT
OFF TO CLAUDIA WHO IS DOING A
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK IN THE
FIELD. THEY CALL US THE OFFICE
OF CITY AUDITOR. BECAUSE THE
OFFICE AS A WHOLE WILL CONTINUE.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO IS IN
CHARGE. IT'S WHO DOES THE WORK.
I APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL'S
SUPPORT FOR OUR OFFICE OVER THE
YEARS. NOT EVERY JURISDICTION
HAS AN INDEPENDENT ENTITY LIKE
THIS AND THE COUNCIL PAST AND
PRESENT DESERVES CREDIT FOR
THAT. I WANT TO THANK THE
EXECUTIVE BRANCH WHO DO A GREAT
JOB OF WORKING WITH US TO COME
UP WITH RECOMMENDATIONS, MOST OF
WHICH WE CAN ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT.
YOU DON'T SEE THAT IN EVERY
JURISDICTION SO THANK YOU.
>> GOT IT. THANK YOU FOR TAKING
THE TIME TO COME TODAY. BYE-BYE.
>> OKAY. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
READ THE NEXT ITEM INTO THE
AGENDA.
>> ITEM NUMBER 2, ORDINANCE
RELATING TO THE WEST SEATTLE
JUNCTION PARKING BUSINESS
IMPROVEMENT AREA, MODIFYING THE
EXEMPTIONS OF THE LEVYEOF
SPECIAL ASSESSMENT AND AMENDING
ORDINANCE 113326, AS PREVIOUSLY
AMENDED BIARD NNSS 115997, 1195
# 9, 120570, 121758, 125152, AND
127103 FOR BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION.
>> SO JUST THE CONTEXT OF THIS.
THE EXECUTIVE TRANSMITTED
LEGISLATION LAST WEEK TO AMEND
THE WEST SEATTLE JUNCTION
B.I.A.. STATE LAW REQUIRES
AMENDMENTS THAT IMPACT THE
ASSESSMENT NEED TO HAVE A PUBLIC
HEARING AND THAT THE RESOLUTION
GIVING NOTICE OF THE PUBLIC
HEARING MUST BE ADOPTED BY
COUNCIL AT LEAST 15 DAYS BEFORE
THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO WE WILL
JUST HEAR A BIT ABOUT WHAT ARE
THE CHANGES THAT WILL BE MADE IN
THE WAY THAT THE ASSESSMENTS ARE
COLLECTED OR THE BOUNDARIES. WHY
DON'T YOU SAY IT QUICKLY AND WE
WILL CONTINUE IT AT OUR IN THIS
CASE MEETING?
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, THANK YOU FOR
HAVING US. I BELIEVE I KNOW MOST
OF YOU. MY NAME IS CASEY ROGERS,
POLICY ADVISOR WITH OFFICE OF
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
>> HELLO.
>> I'M GOING TO GIVE A QUICK
OVER VIEW OF THE PROGRAM AND
THEN I WILL HAND IT OVER TO THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
ASSOCIATION. B.I.A. STANDS FOR
BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA, ALSO
KNOWN AS BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT
DISTRICTS AND OTHER MUNICIPALS.
HERE IN SEATTLE, WE HAVE 11 THAT
GENERATE OVER $45 MILLION IN
ANNUAL REVENUE ACROSS 11
DISTRICTS. ALL OF THIS MONEY
DOES STAY LOCALLY IN THE
DISTRICTS TO PROVIDE ENHANCED
SERVICES AND PROGRAMS. B.I.A.s
ARE GREAT TOOLS THAT PROVIDE
PREDICTABLE AND SUSTAINABLE
FUNDING AND LASTLY OUR B.I.A.
ARE PROGRAM AT THE CITY OF
SEATTLEAL IS ADMINSISTERED BY
THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT AND TREASURY
SERVICES. SO WE ARE HERE TODAY
TO DISCUSS A PROPOSAL FROM THE
WEST SEATTLE JUNCTION B.I.A. I
WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE
JUNCTION IS A BUSINESS BASED
B.I.A. WHICH MEANS THE RATE
PAIRS ARE BUSINESS OWNERS, NOT
PROPERTY OWNERS WHICH IS MORE
COMMON WITH THE OTHER B.I.A.s IN
THE CITY. BUSINESSES THAT
QUALIFY FOR THE B&O EXEMPTION,
CURRENTLY $100,000 OR LESS ARE
NOT REQUIRED TO PAY AN
ASSESSMENT. IF THE NEW POLICY
GOES INTO EFFECT WHICH WOULD
CHANGE THE CURRENT EXEMPTION
FROM $100,000 TO $2 MILLION, IT
WOULD HAVE UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCES OF EXEMPTING A
LARGE PORTION OF RATE PAYERS
WHICH WOULD DRAMATICALLY IMPACT
THE BUDGET. THIS PROPOSAL THAT
WE ARE DISCUSSING TODAY WOULD
REMOVE THE EXEMPTION ALTOGETHER
AND PREDICT THE ANNUAL BUDGET.
IT WOULD MAKE THE B.I.A.
ASSESSMENT MUCH MORE EQUITABLE
SINCE BUSINESSES BELOW THIS
THRESHOLD STILL RECEIVE B.I.A.
SERVICES. THE CHANGE WOULD
CURRENTLY AFFECT 23 BUSINESSES
THAT ARE RECEIVING THE B&O AND
B.I.A. EXEMPTION AND RESULT IN
AN ASSESSMENT OF $800 TO $300
EACH, NOT TOO SIGNIFICANT WITH A
COMBINED TOTAL INCREASE OF
$4,600 TO THE ANNUAL BUDGET.
LASTLY I WANT TO NOTE THAT THE
AMENDMENT IS ALLOWED UNDER THE
STATE RCW AND O.A.D. HAS PROVED
THE PROPOSAL TO MAKE SURE IT
MEETS ALL REQUIREMENTS. THERE IS
NO FORMAL PETITION PROCESS. WE
ARE NOT LOOKING FOR 60% SUPPORT
THOUGH CHRIS HAS DONE OUT REACH
TO ALL NEW POTENTIAL RATE
PAYERS. LASTLY, NOTIFICATION OF
THIS PROPOSAL WILL BE SENT TO
RATE PAYERS IN ADVANCE OF THE
HEARING WHICH WILL BE ON
SEPTEMBER 11. THANK YOU WITH.
WITH THAT I WILL PASS IT TO
CHRIS FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
>> SO JUST BRIEFLY, I WANT TO
REITERATE, IT WOULDN'T JUST
HURT OUR BUDGET, IT WOULD
PROBABLY ANNIHILATE THE BIA. WE
ARE ALMOST ALL SMALL BUSINESSES.
ANYONE MAKING UNDER $2 MILLION,
AND BELIEVE ME, I APPLAUD THE
LEGISLATION COMING THROUGH. FOR
OUR JUNCTION, IT WILL KILL THE
BIA. NO MORE PARKING, EVENTS,
SECURITY, NO MORE CLEANING, NO
MORE NADA. THAT'S WHY THIS
NEEDS TO HAPPEN. WE TALKED ABOUT
THAT, I THINK YOU KNOW THE
LOCATION OF OUR BIA AND SMALL
BUSINESSES. WE WERE FOUNDED IN
'87. I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS
LITTLE CLAUSE IN OUR ORDINANCE
LINKS US TO B&O EXCEPTIONS BUT
IT DOES. SO ANYONE WHO GETS A
B&O EXEMPTION, WE CAN'T ASSESS.
THAT'S THE GIST OF IT. SO WE
NEED TO DO THIS IN ORDER TO SAVE
OUR BIA. WE ALSO NEED TO DO IT
AS CASEY NOTED JUST FOR EQUITY
ISSUES. THIS IS JUST A BRIEF
OVER VIEW OF MY REACH TO
AFFECTEDBUSINESSES. I HAVE
CONTACTED THEM ALL OF THEM ARE
VIA EMAIL, PHONE OR WALKED IN
PERSON. THOSE WHO I TALKED TO IN
PERSON SAID THE SAME THING. OF
COURSE I SUPPORT YOU. OF COURSE
WE WANT TO KEEP THE JUNCTION
GOING, HAPPY TO PAY IN. THAT'S
REALLY IT. WE REALLY DO HAVE THE
SUPPORT. THAT ADDED $4,500
REVENUE ABOUT WE WILL GET WILL
GO INTO CLEAN AND SAFE. ALL OF
THE MASSIVE EVENTS WE DO IN THE
JUNCTION ARE SUPPORTED BY THE
EVENTS THEMSELVES. THE BIA
REVENUE THAT WE GET GOES INTO
CLEAN AND SAFE. I DID WRITE A
DETAILED LETTER. I FOCUSED ON
THE EQUITY ISSUE OF THIS. I DO
THINK THAT EVERY SINGLE
BUSINESS, NO MATTER HOW LITTLE
THEY MAKE SHOULD PITCH IN. I
DON'T CARE IF IT IS $10 A
MONTH. EVERYONE SHOULD PICK IN.
OTHERWISE IT IS A TRAGEDY OF THE
COMMON SITUATION. I DID REACH
OUT TO THEM. I THINK YOU GUYS
KNOW WHAT WE DO. BUT THE VALUES
IS UNBELIEVABLE FOR WHAT THEY
GET IN OUR BIA, IT REALLY IS.
THESE ARE OUR FOCUS PILLARS OF
WHAT WE PROVIDE. TODAY WE HAD AN
ARMED ROBBERY. I WAS ONE OF THE
FIRST PEOPLE OVER THERE LETTING
THEM KNOW I WOULD WORK ON
GETTING A TRANSFER PERSON COME
IN TO PUT PLY WOOD ON THE DOOR,
I WOULD HAVE SECURITY RK ON
GETTING A TRANSFER PERSON COME
IN TO PUT PLY WOOD ON THE DOOR,
I WOULD HAVE SECURITY OVERNIGHT
FROM 6:00 P.M. TO 6:00 TOMORROW
MORNING. WHAT I LIKE TO TELL
PEOPLE IS THERE IS BIG BANG FOR
THE BUCK, JUST TWO OF US DOING
ALL OF THAT. I ASK FOR YOUR
SUPPORT IN HELPING US REMOVE
THIS CLAUSE WITH THIS AMENDMENT,
THANK YOU.
>> GOT IT. MY COLLEAGUES, DO ANY
OF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? NORMALLY
CHANGES TO BIAs ARE A LOT MORE
COMPLICATED. THE RENEWALS GO AN
EXCRUCIATING LONGTIME BECAUSE OF
THE OUT REACH THAT HAS TO BE
DONE. THE CHANGES I HAVE DEALT
WITH IN THE PAST HAVE BEEN
BOUNDARY CHANGES. I THINK YOU
MAY HAVE GONE THROUGH ONE.
>> LAST SPRING OR FALL, ABOUT A
YEAR AGO.
>> THIS IS AN INTERESTING, IT'S
A NEW CHANGE TO A BIA UNDERLYING
LEGISLATION THAT I HAVE
ENCOUNTERED BUT IT MAKES
COMPLETE SENSE. I WILL LEARN
MORE BUT I DO SUPPORT IT AND I
ALSO WANT TO SAY TO THE PUBLIC
OUT THERE, BIAs ARE ABSOLUTELY
NECESSARY AND IN A BIA, YOU HAVE
A PROPERTY OWNER OR A BUSINESS
THAT CONTRIBUTES TO A POT OF
MONEY TO MAKE THE NEIGHBORHOOD
BUSINESS DISTRICT BETTER TO
BENEFIT THE WIDER NEIGHBORHOOD
AREA TO PUT ON EVENTS THAT THE
WHOLE CITY COMES FOR. SO THIS IS
A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP IN
A WAY. THESE ARE PRIVATE OWNERS
AND BUSINESSES STEPPING UP TO
BELONG TO AN ORGANIZATION. THIS
IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A
NEIGHBORHOOD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
AND A BIA. THE BIA PUTS ON THE
EVENTS, PUTS LIGHTS IN THE
TREES. I CAN'T IMAGINE OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS WITHOUT
IMPROVEMENT AREAS. I APPRECIATE
THE WORK YOU DO AT O.A.D. CHRIS,
I WAS ABLE TO WALK AROUND THE
JUNCTION LAST WEEK AND I LOVED
WHAT I SAW. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
STEWARDSHIP.
>> IT WAS A PLEASURE TO HOST
YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> WE WILL TALK TO JASMINE I
BELIEVE IS THE CENTRAL STAFFER
ON THIS AND FIND OUT WHEN ANY
KIND OF AMENDMENT DEADLINE WOULD
BE DUE BUT I WOULD BE SURPRISED
TO KNOW THERE IS ANY AMENDMENTS
BUT WE'LL SEE. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
>> KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
>> REAL QUICK, CHRIS, GOOD TO
SEE YOU. JUST WANTED TO ASK, ARE
YOU THE ONES RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
WEST SEATTLE FARMERS MARKET
EVERY SUNDAY?
>> I AM NOT. WE PARTNER WITH
THEM BUT THEY ARE THEIR OWN NGO.
>> GOOD. I JUST GOT TO GIVE THEM
A SHOUTOUT BECAUSE THEY ARE
GREAT.
>> THEY REALLY ARE. THEY DO A
GREAT JOB. IT IS A WELL ATTENDED
FARMERS MARKET.
>> THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU ARE
DOING WITH THE BUSINESSES AND
THE JUNCTION, THEWORK WE HAVE
DONE IN THE PAST, THE WORK YOU
ARE DOING WITH THE BIA, THANK
YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU
FOR PRESENTING TODAY. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU. ANY OTHERS? OKAY.
NOT SEEING ANY HANDS UP.
APPRECIATE YOU COMING TODAY.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
>> ALL RIGHT. THIS COMPLETES THE
AGENDA OF THE AUGUST 14th
GOVERNANCE ACCOUNTABILITY AND
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.
THE NEXT MEETING IS SCHEDULED
FOR THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11. IF
THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS.
THIS MEETING WILL ADJOURN AND IT
IS 4:04. HEARING NO MORE FURTHER